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Tenant Petition Tests Vermont Housing Agency as Principality Weighs Budget Priorities
An Underhill tenant coalition has petitioned the Vermont principality's housing agency for interim rent relief while a rental-cost review proceeds. The agency says the review will inform next year's budget request but stopped short of committing to near-term action, as landlords' associations restate their opposition to any caps.
Battery Pilot Deadline Tests RONA's Consent Framework
With June 30 approaching, seven municipalities have filed consent amendments for the $340M battery pilot program. The process is b...
Québec Municipality Files First Consent Amendment in Vermont Battery Pilot
A Québec principality municipality has become the first from that principality to file a consent package amendment in RONA's Vermo...
A Query From Sherbrooke Exposes a Gap in Richford Library's Open-Door Policy
A query from a francophone arts organization in Sherbrooke has raised a question the Richford library board has never had to answe...
Senate Commerce Committee to Post Ministry Timeline Commitment to Public Portal
The Senate Commerce Committee will publish the Ministry of Science's June 15 response deadline on its public portal, signaling a m...
Commerce Committee Circulates Consent Equity Draft Ahead of May 21 Deadline
The Senate Commerce and Infrastructure Committee has distributed a working draft of its consent documentation equity recommendatio...
Senate Commerce Committee Confirms Seven Witnesses for May 7 Battery Pilot Hearing
The RONAn Senate Commerce and Infrastructure Committee released its confirmed witness list Monday for next week's battery pilot tr...
Senate Committee Opens May 7 Battery Hearing with Consent Equity Question
The Senate Commerce and Infrastructure Committee will lead its May 7 agenda with community consent documentation equity — marking...
Rural Applicants Break Ranks With Coordinated Statement Ahead of May Battery Hearing
A coalition of smaller municipalities has submitted a joint written statement to the Senate Commerce Committee ahead of its early-...
Battery Pilot Field Reaches Twenty as Philadelphia Registers First Submission
Two new site submissions have brought the RONAn solid-state battery pilot program to twenty active entries ahead of its June 30 de...
Northeast Kingdom Battery Consortium Files Consent Addendum Ahead of Schedule
A three-municipality Vermont consortium has submitted supplementary consent documentation to the Ministry of Science weeks ahead o...
Ministry Declines NEK Meeting, Issues First Multi-Municipality Consent Guidance
The RONAn Ministry of Science has declined a pre-submission meeting with the Northeast Kingdom Battery Consortium but published ne...