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  • Vermont Legislature adjourned Friday

    Vermont Legislature adjourned Friday

    “I didn’t get everything I wanted, and neither did you. But that’s the way compromise works.” — Gov. Phil Scott

  • $9B state budget passes hurdle in Vt. House

    $9B state budget passes hurdle in Vt. House

    Vermont’s House Appropriations Committee voted out a state budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. The $9.3 billion spending plan cleared the committee on a unanimous vote. The…

  • Bristol budget draft has 11% increase

    Bristol officials are continuing to work on a fiscal year 2027 budget to present to voters in March. 

  • Vergennes city officials foresee FY’23 surplus

    VERGENNES — Although an audit that has just begun will tell the final story, the just-concluded Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) will almost certainly end in the black, City…

  • $22.7M Otter Valley spending plan backed in revote

    In a reversal from a Town Meeting Day vote that saw the Otter Valley Unified Union School District budget go down to defeat, 522-462, district voters on Tuesday…

  • Otter Valley district board schedules budget revote

    Otter Valley Unified Union School District voters will have another opportunity to decide the fate of their district budget via an Australian ballot vote on Tuesday, April 26.

  • House lawmakers finish draft budget

    Lawmakers on the Vermont House’s powerful budget-writing committee finished their draft of a roughly $8 billion state budget late Friday night, voting 10-0 on a spending blueprint that…

  • Voters to field career center budget, $8.1M renovation

    Voters in 17 Addison County towns will be asked endorse spending proposals on Town Meeting Day targeting short- and long-term needs at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center.

  • ANWSD budget up; tax drop is predicted

    VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District Board has adopted a $22,327,585 spending plan for the next school year. If backed on Town Meeting Day, it would increase…

  • Ferrisburgh spending up, but taxes could decrease

    If Ferrisburgh residents approve all nonprofit donations and a capital fund request on Town Meeting Day, town spending could rise by almost 6%, or about $133,000, to about…

  • Editorial: Governor’s budget: It’s easy to just say ‘yes’

    Editorial: Governor’s budget: It’s easy to just say ‘yes’

    Like last year, another year of record federal aid, the governor didn’t have to fret about which programs to trim, but rather which programs got extra funding and…

  • ACSD to ask for 5.3% increase in spending

    The Addison Central School District board on Monday unanimously agreed to present voters with a 2022-23 budget of $41,578,089 that reflects $34,594,034 in local education spending — a…

  • Middlebury weighs town spending

    The Middlebury selectboard on Jan. 25 will finalize a fiscal year 2023 (FY23) budget proposal that — if approved by residents on Town Meeting Day — would result…

  • MAUSD considers a 4.7% spending hike

    The plan includes $500,000 for hiring new staff to support student needs.

  • ANWSD budget impact waits on state

    The Addison Northwest School District board has confirmed its commitment to a $22.08 million budget that would increase spending by about $480,000 and preserve all programs, while devoting…

  • ACSD spending plan calls for 5.6% hike

    Logan Price, the ACSD’s business manager, said it’s too soon to tell how the budget would affect property tax rates in the seven communities served by the district.