The Vermont Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case state lawmakers filed against Gov. Phil Scott and interim Education Secretary Zoie Saunders. The lawsuit stems from a controversy last April when Scott appointed Saunders as interim secretary.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused his weekly briefing Tuesday on housing policies he hopes to champion during the legislative session.

Appeals, permitting and Act 250 are just a few of the variables that Gov. Scott says continue to cause a housing shortage in the state.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott says his thoughts are with the family of David Maland, the U.S Border Patrol Agent shot and killed near the Canadian border Monday.

After his own landslide victory and Republican gains in the Legislature, the governor said voters have signalled Vermont is moving in the wrong direction. To fix it, he pledged to propose ambitious legislation.

The Scott administration is proposing a transition to a foundation formula, a commonly used way of paying for schools that would give more power to the state.

Part of the governor's plan to make building housing units in Vermont faster and easier will be making the appeal of housing project permits more difficult.

The governor’s package of proposed changes would address the detention of repeat offenders and would repeal the remaining stage of Raise the Age.

The Vermont Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case state lawmakers filed against Gov. Phil Scott and interim Education Secretary Zoie Saunders.

One lawmaker briefed on the proposal called it “probably the biggest proposal that this Legislature has seen in 50 years.” More complete details will be presented Wednesday.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott held his first weekly briefing today since the legislature began its new biennium this month.