Each Monday during the legislative session, VLCT Advocacy publishes a Weekly Legislative Report and archives it here for the duration of the biennium. You may now also follow key issues throughout the session via the topical Advocacy Updates pages below.
The mad dash toward crossover has officially begun. The legislature will be on break this week for Town Meeting and will return to Montpelier on Tuesday, March 10 with a mere four days to pass all policy bills from one chamber to the other. Money...
With Town Meeting Day and the legislature’s annual crossover break just a few days away, in this Weekly Legislative Report we prepare you to meet with your local lawmakers and advocate effectively for the most urgent issues for local government.
Given the constrained state budget this year, we thought lawmakers might be open to discussing municipal revenue streams, and, oh boy, are they ever. The good news is that some committees are open to exploring new non-property tax revenue ideas. The...