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Progressives call for tax fairness
The new tax revenues would total more than $17.5 million a year. The money would be used to shore up the state’s weatherization program.
Inside the Golden Bubble: Amendments, political statements and taxing debates
The Democratic majority in the House has inoculated itself politically for the upcoming election season when property taxpayers in many communities could be suffering from sticker shock.
Senate rejects amendment to shift surplus money to Ed Fund, passes Budget Adjustment Act
An overwhelming majority, not always along party lines, rejected the measure.
House proposes to raise property taxes by one penny; Senate pulls Olsen amendment from the BAA
The Senate eliminated a provision that would have funneled surplus money into the Education Fund.
Margolis: Penny wise and pound foolish
According to economists, sales tax holidays don’t increase consumption as much as they alter the timing of the consumption, and to a smaller extent the nature of consumption.
Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner says fees to go up
Car registration fee increases of $2 to $6 will raise about $3 million to support Agency of Transportation programs, or about half of the revenue generated by fee hikes.
From the editor: A press release pulled
Though the information from FAIR was cloaked in legitimacy — it was a about a poll, and it came from a commonly used email newswire — I decided VTDigger.org shouldn’t publish information from a group that has a record of racist views.
Shumlin announces programs to help homeless Vermonters
The governor said the state will waive eligibility requirements for shelters during dangerously cold weather so that “every homeless person knows that when it’s cold they have a place to go.”
In show of unusual bipartisan bonhomie, House unanimously approves property tax changes
Dems, GOP split over additional 49 positions in Budget Adjustment Act; Dems reject proposal for $7 million increase in state insurance liability fund.
