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A historic rate of turnover in the Legislature last year has brought renewed energy to a longstanding debate in Montpelier about legislative pay. And a new crop of lawmakers has argued forcefully that unless salaries go up, elected office will remain out of reach for everyday Vermonters.
MONTPELIER The Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would create a truth and reconciliation commission, overriding some senators’ objections that the proposal constituted bureaucratic overreach and a potential misuse of millions of dollars in public.
MONTPELIER The Vermont Senate on Friday advanced a firearm background check bill, SB 4, that met Gov. Phil Scott’s demands following his veto of a farther-reaching bill, SB 30.But before doing so, the body mounted a symbolic display of opposition by.