The Vermont Legislature will have to return to the drawing board for another Act 250 reform bill. Gov. Phil Scott vetoed H926 because - among other things - it failed to adequately regulate the use of rural trails for the mountain-biking industry.

A prominent Vermont racial justice organization says S54, the commercial cannabis bill, should be vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott because it perpetuates system racism surrounding marijuana and blacks. A decision is expected by Gov. Scott by Wednesday.

Gov. Phil Scott signed into law the 2021 budget, complete with controversial spending for stimulus payments to illegal migrant workers, and $450,000 to implement the Global Warming Solutions Act.

When the 2020 Legislature began, the State House was a bustling place where almost no-one had heard of Covid-19.

For the final time, two sisters who chair the House and Senate spending committees worked out differences between the two Houses, and agreed on a 2021 $7.2 billion budget.

Gov. Scott seems open to signing the commercial cannabis bill approved by Vermont Legislature.

The Global Warming Solutions Act is now law. Will Gov. Scott continue to oppose it through appointees? Will he challenge it in court?

The Vermont House has approved bills changing police practices regarding the use of deadly force, body camera footage and the hiring of new police officers.

Buried in a story about a poll showing Vermonters’ growing support for legal cannabis is an influential legislator’s admission that the Vermont Legislature goofed when it approved legal possession of marijuana two years ago. The “problem” is that it didn’t regulate it enough.