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Lawmakers in the Vermont House are poised to vote Wednesday on one of the biggest energy bills of the legislative session. Among other things, it would make every electric utility in Vermont purchase 100% of its power from renewable resources by 2035.
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Trish O'Kane pairs college students with Burlington elementary school kids for birding adventures that yield surprising benefits. Her new memoir, "Birding to Change the World," explores how birding can be a gateway into personal healing, environmental and social justice, and stronger human connections.
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Vermont municipalities are allowed to auction off a person’s property if they fall behind on their taxes. It’s a process called a tax sale. Local officials say tax sales are an important tool to ensure towns get the revenue they’re owed, but critics say the process has few protections for residents.
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Lawmakers are seeking increased allocations for housing, health care, public safety and more, but they will soon have to decide whether to throw those initiatives by the wayside and live within the current revenue forecast, or raise taxes so they can accommodate the additional spending.
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Moderate Republicans in Vermont are pondering their next move after falling short in their effort to stop Donald Trump from becoming their party’s presidential nominee.
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After a five-year absence, The Green Mountain Film Festival is back in Montpelier. Programmer Sam Kann talks to Vermont Public about what's in store for audiences this year.
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Anticipation is building in Vermont for the upcoming total solar eclipse — when the moon will completely block the sun and put much of Vermont in shadow for several minutes. East Barnard resident Floyd Van Alstyne, who is 104, remembers the last time it happened in Vermont in 1932.
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On Tuesday, voters in nearly a third of school districts rejected their spending plans at the ballot box. Vermont Public’s education reporter Lola Duffort spoke with Mitch Wertlieb about how we got here — and how this will impact the conversation in Montpelier.
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Voters at Town Meeting Day approved infrastructure projects, as towns worked to meet a looming deadline on spending down ARPA funds.
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Vermont Public's Bob Kinzel and Liam Elder-Connors sit down to discuss some of the big and small issues Vermonters will see on Town Meeting Day ballots across the state.