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Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. This commentary is by Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Chittenden Southeast. She is the Vermont Senate majority leader and a member of the Senate Economic Development...

May 17—GRAND FORKS — Kelly Armstrong entered his first term as governor hoping to foster meaningful change during the 2025 session of the Legislature.That was accomplished, the first-term governor believes, with the passage of sweeping property tax reform and a ban on cellphones in schools. He pushed the former for months, including during the campaign leading up to the November election that put him in office, while the latter was a late-session decision, but important nonetheless, he said.Armstrong, a native of Dickinson, served in the Legislature from 2013 to 2018...

Michigan legislation proposes exempting seniors aged 70 and older from paying property taxes. LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan senior citizens aged 70 and older could soon be exempt from paying property taxes under new legislation.Republican State Sen. Michele Hoitenga of Manton hopes the bill will allow senior citizens to remain in their homes as long as possible without struggling to pay their costly property tax bills every year."People across Northern Michigan are feeling the financial burden of high taxes -- especially our seniors, many of whom are on...