- Any -AdvocacyARPAFFAMACRMS March 29, 2024 WLR Mar 29: FY25 Budget Bill, Act 250 Reform, Cannabis, Tax Sales, and more IMPORTANT: Contact Your Representative about the Municipal Ethics Bill. The full House is considering H. 875, a bill that would create new ethics requirements for municipalities, and VLCT hopes you... March 22, 2024 WLR Mar 22: Municipal Ethics, Taxes & Spending, and Housing It’s crossover week for all bills that spend and raise money. This week will be very hard on Vermonters’ wallets as legislation raises over $130 million in new tax revenue advances. Read more about... March 15, 2024 WLR Mar 15: Crossover, Public Safety & Transportation, School Budgets, and Short-Term Rentals Read more about what happened this week (it's crossover week!) below, and don't miss our latest post to Advocacy Updates: Public Safety and Transportation . The update contains important information... March 11, 2024 Municipality Reimbursement for Flood-Related Education Property Tax Abatements On February 7, Governor Scott signed S.160 (Act 82), an act relating to State education property taxes and flood-related damage. Passage of Act 82 will enact measures that will help many Vermonters... March 1, 2024 WLR Mar 1: Tax Sales, Flood Recovery, Public Safety, and More Read more about what happened this week below, and don't miss our latest posts to Advocacy Updates: Municipal Capacity, Revenue, and Governance and to Advocacy Updates: Climate Change and Disaster... February 23, 2024 WLR Feb 23: Ethics, Property Taxes, Short-term Rentals, and PFAS Read more about what happened this week below, and don't miss our Legislative Alert: Municipal Ethics Bill Could Preempt Local Authority and our latest post to Advocacy Updates: Municipal Capacity... February 16, 2024 WLR Feb 16: Tax & Budget Adjustments, BE Home Bill Moves, Federal Update Seven weeks into the session, and the clock is ticking down to town meeting day. A short-term education property tax fix, competing housing and Act 250 bills, and public safety concerns dominate... February 9, 2024 WLR Feb 9: Affordability, Housing, Public Safety, Renewable Energy and more Your input is needed! Legislative Alert: Legislature May REQUIRE Hybrid Meetings. Take our quick survey (so that we can share your concerns) and write your legislators about this bill. Learn more... Load More