Gov. Peter Shumlin addressed the Vermont House of Representatives before lawmakers adjourned for the 2011 legislative session.
Shumlin praised lawmakers for adjourning a week early and for taking up his agenda in an “extraordinarily productive” first half of the legislative biennium.
The Democratic governor said he viewed the changes lawmakers made to his proposals as improvements, and he praised their willingness to take up his agenda, which included a balanced budget that included deep cuts to state spending, new taxes on health care providers, an initiative to reduce recidivism, broadband expansion and an ambitious framework for a single-payer style health care plan.
