Cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program started last week, stripping refugees and asylees of their eligibility in Vermont. On Oct. 1, 119 refugee and asylee households in the ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November are on the line as the government shutdown continues to drag on. SNAP, also known as food stamps (or 3SquaresVT in Vermont), is a ...

Vermont will use over $6 million in contingency money to pay for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits through the first half of November if the federal shutdown continues and no dollars ...

While most states send out SNAP payments on a rolling basis throughout the month, Vermont sends food stamps out to every SNAP-participating household on the 1st of the month. A household of one can ...

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Vermont legislators are introducing a bill to phase out state income tax on Social Security benefits. In other words: retired ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — Vermont legislators are calling for support on a bill that seeks to exempt Social Security benefits from state income tax, a move aimed at ...

"Across political lines and communities, Vermonters agree: young families should be able to afford to live and work here. The good news is, our investments in child care are moving ...

MONTPELIER — In an amicus brief filed at the Vermont Supreme Court last week, the ACLU of Vermont asserted that the state may not withhold unemployment benefits from individuals simply because they ...