Most of the revenue generated from sales of the plate would go to a state fund supporting environmental sustainability and outdoor recreation initiatives.

Vermont’s state senators lounge in cushy, black leather. But the legislative pages who aid them on the floor have long had to settle for less.

As part of Gov. Phil Scott’s new budget proposal, 19 employees could lose their jobs. The transportation agency cut more than two dozen positions last year.

Scott’s proposal for the 2027 fiscal year is about 3% larger than the budget for the current year. The spending plan calls for fewer new initiatives than previous state budgets did, he said.

On top of this session’s heavy issues, it’s also an election year. Do lawmakers dare pass potentially unpopular policies months before their names are on the ballot?

The Essex Junction resident will face one-time Lt. Gov. Molly Gray in the Democratic primary for the state’s second highest office.

The governor is proposing to use the annual budget tuneup as a vehicle for a proposal to use surplus revenue to blunt this year’s projected property tax increase.

Deputy Adjutant General Henry “Hank” Harder and Col. Roger “Brent” Zeigler are running for the post as some guard members are deployed under a controversial Trump administration directive.

Their report Friday details state revenue collections and pressures over the first half of the 2026 fiscal year, which started last July.

As elected representatives of Vermont, they implicated our state in Israel's atrocities,” one advocate said at a Statehouse press conference Tuesday.

The St. Albans Town representative has a new job, and a larger family, which he said contributed to his decision to step down.

Leaders from four groups recognized as Abenaki by Vermont’s state government have created a new school curriculum about their communities’ history — but the material includes few references, they said ...