- Any -AdvocacyARPAFFAMACMOSRMS April 14, 2025 WLR April 14: Looking for LOT Refunds, MTAP Funding Cut, More 3-Acre Debate Spending priorities and budget concerns sparked by federal cuts dominated discussions in the State House last week. In this issue of our Weekly Legislative Report, we update you on Local Option Tax... April 7, 2025 WLR April 7: 3-Acre Permit Reform, Legal Trails, Transportation Fund Woes, and More Will April showers bring May flowers? Last week our advocacy team tended the legislative seeds planted in the beginning of the session: 3-Acre permit reform, municipal liability concerns, legal trails... March 31, 2025 WLR March 31: Break It or Buy It – Education Reform, Public Infrastructure Financing, and More It’s back to basics this week in the state capital. In this issue of the Weekly Legislative Report, we explain key tax writing proposals, the status of education reform, and an exciting new... March 24, 2025 WLR March 24: All Aboard the Omnibuses The calendar says it’s spring, and the State House is buzzing with bills needing to move. This issue of the Weekly Legislative Report provides updates on the Senate’s omnibus housing bill ( S.127)... March 17, 2025 WLR March 17: Crossover Week Activity on Housing, Flood Recovery, Municipal Finance, 3-Acre, and more The warming weather tends to speed things along in the State House, and this “crossover week” was no exception. Crossover is the deadline for all policy bills to be reported out of the last committee... March 3, 2025 Testimony to House Ways and Means Regarding Lowering Property Taxes, 2/28/25 Lowering Property Taxes – Local Option Taxes and PILOT Surplus It is a top priority of VLCT to advance legislative action to enable municipalities to raise local revenues and control expenses to lower... March 3, 2025 WLR March 3: Legislature Considers VLCT Priorities Before Town Meeting Week Recess Happy Town Meeting Day eve! This issue of the Weekly Legislative Report features a last-minute Budget Adjustment Act showdown, the status of Open Meeting Law clean-up and Local Option Tax reforms, and... February 24, 2025 WLR February 24: Town Meeting Week Advocacy Guide With Town Meeting Day and the legislature’s annual crossover break just around the corner, in this Weekly Legislative Report we prepare you to meet with your local law makers and advocate effectively... Load More
