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The housing authority faces a roughly $1 million funding reduction for the remainder of 2025, Berk said, which came as something of a surprise earlier this month. buff.ly/YyMuTeg

In the case brought in Washington County, Judge Timothy Tomasi also denied a request by State Auditor Doug Hoffer that the state pay more than $100,000 in attorney fees racked up by his lawyer in both cases, Matthew Byrne, and Byrne’s firm, Gravel & Shea. buff.ly/rcRKAHz

OPINION — "We can handle it, and we will find the right solutions together," Rep. Conlon writes. buff.ly/2epk0dY

A first-in-the-nation pilot program will give 100,000 Vermonters free entrance to all 55 state parks from May through October. buff.ly/SK4pEhl

OPINION — "Do we really need these costly insurance companies to do what we could easily do ourselves if we possessed the moral courage and the political will to do it?" Carpenter writes. buff.ly/K6W84YX

Two other farmworkers saw their bond requests denied by a Texas-based immigration court. buff.ly/kcyDRYQ

“It’s universal in the committee that we support the town’s position on their ability to maintain — or not maintain — these trails,” said Rep. Matt Walker, the House Transportation chair. buff.ly/Z6lrLTb

“Today I’m telling you very clearly that this vote represents the voices of the overwhelming majority — 29-2 is definitive,” said Annie Schneider, vice president of the Winooski Education Association. buff.ly/MvXLlWD

The largely party-line vote over S.127 comes after more than a week of discord among House lawmakers over the marquee infrastructure program. buff.ly/Dx9Jabj

Four of the detained farmworkers — Juan Javier Rodriguez-Gomez, Luis Enrique Gomez Aguilar, Urillas Sargento and Dani Alvarez-Perez — have already been deported to Mexico by ICE without a hearing or an opportunity to request asylum. buff.ly/kcyDRYQ

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George said on Friday that Eaton’s commentary during a Friday court hearing provides “greater context than we’ve had for a possible hate crime enhancement.” buff.ly/b97m1Bv

OPINION — "Impunity for foreign governments makes us all less safe," Evans-Frantz writes. buff.ly/WazT1xE

The bill now heads back to the House, which is expected to call for a conference committee to work out its differences with the Senate as soon as Tuesday. buff.ly/TclRfMJ

Two union leaders announced the survey and the subsequent vote of no confidence at the May 14 school board meeting and demanded “drastic action.” buff.ly/MvXLlWD

A judge lifted a pause on the civil lawsuit against Serhat Gumrukcu during a hearing Friday, about a month after a jury found him guilty of ordering a contract killing buff.ly/ARXqOWq

After advancing the bill out of committee last week, House lawmakers faced blowback from Gov. Phil Scott’s administration, senators and housing advocates, who said House members had made access to the program too restrictive for smaller towns. buff.ly/Dx9Jabj

Eaton was deemed competent to stand trial in the fall. But on Friday, his defense attorney, Peggy Jansch, of the Chittenden County Public Defender’s Office, asked the court to order an updated competency hearing, citing his comments in court. buff.ly/b97m1Bv

OPINION — "This year at the University of Vermont, the campus once again engaged in questions of Israel and Palestine — but this time through dialogue, scholarship and academic inquiry," Vogel writes. buff.ly/W6AEsCZ

Senators were facing intense pressure from Republican Gov. Phil Scott to pass a bill before adjourning for the year. He had all but demanded it, warning that he would use his powers to call them back for a special session until they came to a consensus. buff.ly/TclRfMJ

Legal troubles for a former California biomedical researcher and entrepreneur didn’t end when he was convicted by a jury last month of ordering the death of a former business partner. buff.ly/ARXqOWq