MONTPELIER — The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation this past Wednesday that would legalize a marketplace for marijuana and set a 20% combined tax rate on sales of the substance. The action means the bill, S.54, will likely see a full vote on the House floor in the coming weeks. It represents major movement for the legislation, which stalled in the Ways and Means Committee when it arrived there last year. Under the House bill, which was reported out of committee on a 7-3 vote, cannabis purc … (read more)
