In an uncharacteristic bid to exert heavier influence over the financial decisions of local school boards, House Democrats are undertaking a late-session push for controversial reforms to Vermont’s education funding system. Read More
The $23 million Brooks House redevelopment project inched forward Tuesday after the Brattleboro Selectboard approved an eight year tax stabilization agreement with Mesabi LLC, the group of local investors who want to redevelop the property. Read More
The owner of the Mount Anthony Country Club is more than $100,000 behind on property taxes and town officials say if it’s not paid by the end of the month the country club could be sold for back taxes. Read More
Working Vermonters who are looking for property tax relief aren’t going to be happy. Democrat and Progressive members of the Vermont House voted, in the first round, for a 5-cent increase in the statewide property tax Feb. 20. Read More
Amid grumbling from minority Republicans, the Vermont House on Wednesday endorsed increases in the statewide school property tax of 5 cents per $100 of value for residential properties and 6 cents per $100 for vacation and commercial properties. Read More
The Tax Department is asking state lawmakers for an extra $150,000 to prepare for potential litigation by TransCanada against five towns on the Connecticut River, where the hydroelectric giant is d
Janet Ancel, a Calais Democrat and current chairwoman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has three key priorities in mind for the imminent legislative session. Read more
The Vermont Supreme Court has decided that a Rutland doctor who based his decision to build an office on Allen Street can’t sue the city assessor for an estimate that was well below the building’s assessed value. Read more
The town of Colchester has spent more than $33,000 in a pitched court battle over tax assessments of buildings located on leased land, and the issue is far from drawing to a close. Read more
A Superior Court ruling has sided with the town of Manchester concerning 11 of 12 commercial properties in which the values for tax purposes had been in dispute from 2010. Read more
MONTPELIER — Lawmakers and the Shumlin administration agree they want to give property taxpayers financial relief if general tax revenues begin to recover, but they have yet to settle on how. Read more
The drive to get 5 percent of Windsor electors to sign a petition against a proposed tax abatement for Dollar Tree has fallen short by just 9 signatures. Read more
WINDSOR — A proposal to build a 1 million-square-foot Dollar Tree distribution center has cleared another hurdle with the unanimous approval Tuesday of its application by the town's inland wetlands commission. Read more
WINDSOR - A proposal to build a 1 million-square-foot Dollar Tree distribution center on International Drive brought about a dozen residents of nearby neighborhoods out Monday to voice their opposition. Read more
