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House Budget Would Cap Welfare Benefits
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The Vermont House is preparing to debate the budget and a number of new tax proposals this week, and House leaders are already trying to line up votes for a $1.3 billion plan that includes a contentious bid to cap welfare benefits.VPR News
Hopes Dim For Passing Meaningful Climate Change Legislation
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For the first time this legislative session, the full Vermont Senate will debate renewable energy on Tuesday. In Montpelier, though, some lawmakers’ hopes of passing meaningful climate change legislation that might reduce greenhouse gas emissions have already collided with the state’s fiscal reality.VPR News
Vt. House Committee Raises Taxes, Shumlin Objects
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A key House committee has given preliminary approval to a tax package that would raise roughly $26 million, putting it on a collision course with the governor because it includes provisions he opposes.VPR News
Vt. Senate Advances Tar Sands Bill
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The state Senate has advanced a bill that would toughen environmental review of an oil pipeline if its use changes.VPR News
Analysis: Wind Debate, Nuclear Anniversary
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VPR’s John Dillon looks at two energy stories: the legislative debate over S.30, a bill that would give towns the ability to veto a wind energy project, and the ongoing regulatory oversight of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, which has now been operating without state permission for one year.VPR News
Campbell Supports Act 250 Review For Energy Projects
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Senate President John Campbell says he supports a bill that would subject renewable energy projects to review under the Act 250 environmental control law.VPR News
House Advances Anti-Narcotics Bill
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After weeks of studying Vermont’s prescription drug problem, House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a sweeping bill that would address opiate addiction and abuse.VPR News
Senate To Take Up Tar Sands Bill
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The Vermont Senate will take up legislation that would toughen environmental review over an oil pipeline if its use undergoes significant changes.VPR News