Vermont Legislature

Vermont Governor Phil Scott has outlined his 2024 budget proposal. His Republican colleagues agree with his strategy, but more progressive groups are unimpressed.

Members of Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s administration are holding a series of issue briefings for legislators.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott was sworn in for a fourth two-year term and delivered his inaugural address before a joint session of the Legislature Thursday afternoon.

A new session of the Vermont Legislature begins Wednesday with Democrats in control of both chambers and a Republican in the governor’s seat.

The Vermont Legislature will have a veto-proof majority when the new biennium begins in January. That has environmental advocates across the state confident that some of their key policy goals will soon pass.

Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility recently hosted the leaders of the state House and Senate for a virtual review of the session.

The Vermont House ended its session early Thursday evening after casting a final vote on the $8 billion state budget and sending the fiscal plan to the governor.

Republican Phil Scott opened his briefing reacting to news that the nation’s high court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s weekly briefing Tuesday focused on what he would like the legislature’s budget focus to be and the state’s rise in opioid deaths.