WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Governor Phil Scott today signed H.850 (https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2024/H.850), An act relating to transitioning education financing to the new system for pupil weighting. When signing the bill, Governor Scott sent the following letter to the General Assembly: * * * February 22, 2024 To: Vermont General Assembly, 115 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633 Dear Legislators: T  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, Feb. 21 -- Middlebury College issued the following news: * * * Guiding Principles and Community Standards Middlebury hosts many vibrant groups for Jewish, Muslim, Israeli, and Palestinian students. Supported by Student Affairs, students engage in dialogue within and across those groups. In the fall of 2023 a number of activities focused on the crisis and war in Israel and Palestine, on peacebuilding and conflict transformation were organized by student groups and other me  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement on S.311, An act relating to bringing everyone home (https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2024/S.311). This bill was passed unanimously out of the Senate Economic Development committee last week and will now move to Senate Natural Resources. S.311 includes many of the proposals in H.719, An act relating to housing dev  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 22 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release: Attorney General Charity Clark has led a coalition of state Attorneys General in filing public comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) latest vehicle emissions settlement regarding "defeat devices" installed in a group of RAM truck models. These devices cause the vehicles to emit much higher levels of air pollution than permitted by the State's vehicle emissions regul  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott has directed the State Flood Recovery Office to simplify the application process and provide technical assistance to eligible applicants to expedite the distribution of mitigation funds to communities impacted by the July 2023 storms, flooding, and landslides. Over $100 million is available to municipalities to help mitigate the impacts of future disasters. "Ensuring communities h  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Governor Phil Scott today announced that he has appointed Kate T. Gallagher, of Williston, as a superior court judge. "Kate has demonstrated a strong commitment to public service through her work in the Attorney General's office and as a commissioner," said Governor Scott. "I'm confident that that she will continue to serve the people of Vermont well, and I'm grateful for he  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Governor Phil Scott has made a formal request to President Joe Biden (https://governor.vermont.gov/document/december-2023-flooding-disaster-request) for a Major Disaster Declaration to help communities in Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor counties recover costs for repair of public infrastructure damage caused by rainfall and severe flooding on December 1  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: In Governor Scott's Budget Address (https://governor.vermont.gov/press-release/governor-phil-scott-fiscal-year-2025-budget-address), delivered to the Legislature in January, he said, "I don't think there will be a lot of disagreement about what's in this budget. The disagreement will lie in what's not in it. But pretending we can fund everything isn't realistic." So, when "critics say" the G  more