VTDigger Minute is a weekly news digest from Vermont PBS. Tune in every Wednesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. to hear about the week’s top stories.
This week on the Minute:
Scott pitches plan to patch school funding gap
The Scott administration proposed a plan on Tuesday to plug a $58 million hole in the education fund with one-time money. The sources include $19 million from a tobacco settlement, $20 million from state surplus revenues, $7 million in reserves and $12 million from other sources.
Senate guts House ed finance reform
House education finance reforms were jettisoned by the Senate last week. The plan, which proposed a new school income tax and would have reduced property taxes by 10 percent, didn’t stand a chance in the Senate Finance Committee.
More than luck? VTDigger investigates big wins on small games
A VTDigger investigation has found that some store owners and clerks are claiming winning tickets with remarkable frequency, and that total payoffs for some individuals have reached into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
