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Vermont’s deficit: How bad is it? Vtdigger.org brings you video + analysis
Members of the Vermont General Assemby face a $150 million deficit. Photo by Kate Schubart Vermont faces a $150 million deficit, give or take $10 million in fiscal year 2011, and if lawmakers and the...
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Economist says state revenues on target after Irene; Budget gap widens to $80...
Tom Kavet, right, and Jeffrey Carr. VTD/Josh Larkin Last of the Tobacco Fund, $6M, used to help balance projected budget; $10 million for autism mandate may be eliminated in fiscal year 2013 So far, so...
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Permit fees would go up under Shumlin administration proposal
Commissioners Patrick Berry, left, and David Mears speaking at the Statehouse on Tuesday. VTD/Josh Larkin The Shumlin administration has proposed a $3.16 million increase in environmental permitting...
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House Ways and Means passes bill to curb school spending
Done with the task of devising next year’s revenue package, the House tax committee took up a second colossal task — reining in education spending. Last week the Ways and Means Committee drafted — and...
View ArticleUse tax changes and downtown tax credit increases considered
The House Ways & Means Committee heard Tuesday from solar developers, downtown business advocates and accountants, all of whom weighed in on proposed changes to state taxes in the Miscellaneous Tax...
View ArticleHouse committee delves into Shumlin’s proposal to double health insurance...
Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee say they are skeptical of the Shumlin administration’s proposal to double the health care claims tax to fill a $14 million hole in the state’s health...
View ArticleSchool board consolidation proposal draws passionate crowd + video
Vermonters feel passionately about their local schools, and that passion was evident on Wednesday night as people from around the state came to testify at a hearing in Montpelier. The topic — school...
View ArticleHouse education funding group meets in private
Ideas for shifting education finance formulas from a heavy reliance on property taxes to a more income-based structure have been discussed for years, and school or school district consolidation remains...
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Vermont’s deficit: How bad is it? Vtdigger.org brings you video + analysis
Members of the Vermont General Assemby face a $150 million deficit. Photo by Kate Schubart Vermont faces a $150 million deficit, give or take $10 million in fiscal year 2011, and if lawmakers and the...
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Economist says state revenues on target after Irene; Budget gap widens to $80...
Tom Kavet, right, and Jeffrey Carr. VTD/Josh Larkin Last of the Tobacco Fund, $6M, used to help balance projected budget; $10 million for autism mandate may be eliminated in fiscal year 2013 So far, so...
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Permit fees would go up under Shumlin administration proposal
Commissioners Patrick Berry, left, and David Mears speaking at the Statehouse on Tuesday. VTD/Josh Larkin The Shumlin administration has proposed a $3.16 million increase in environmental permitting...
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House Ways and Means passes bill to curb school spending
Done with the task of devising next year’s revenue package, the House tax committee took up a second colossal task — reining in education spending. Last week the Ways and Means Committee drafted — and...
View ArticleUse tax changes and downtown tax credit increases considered
The House Ways & Means Committee heard Tuesday from solar developers, downtown business advocates and accountants, all of whom weighed in on proposed changes to state taxes in the Miscellaneous Tax...
View ArticleHouse committee delves into Shumlin’s proposal to double health insurance...
Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee say they are skeptical of the Shumlin administration’s proposal to double the health care claims tax to fill a $14 million hole in the state’s health...
View ArticleSchool board consolidation proposal draws passionate crowd + video
Vermonters feel passionately about their local schools, and that passion was evident on Wednesday night as people from around the state came to testify at a hearing in Montpelier. The topic — school...
View ArticleHouse education funding group meets in private
Ideas for shifting education finance formulas from a heavy reliance on property taxes to a more income-based structure have been discussed for years, and school or school district consolidation remains...
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Lawmakers say holes in Scott plan likely to sink it
Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom, center, testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. At right is Rep. Jim Condon, D-Colchester. Photo by Mark Johnson/VTDiggerMembers of a key House...
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Per pupil school spending growing less than 1 percent
Vermont education finance manager Brad James. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger Vermont’s school spending in the past year is coming in far below expectations, meaning property owners will see a...
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Latest House proposal moves further from governor’s tax position
Rep. Janet Ancel, center, chairs a House Ways and Means Committee meeting on Friday. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger The House Ways and Means Committee gave preliminary approval on Friday to a bill that...
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E-cigarette tax bill advances by unanimous vote from committee to full House
Rep. George Till, D-Jericho, speaks in favor of a bill to tax e-cigarettes and related products in the House Ways and Means Committee at the Statehouse on Tuesday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A key...
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