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Panel to press Appropriations on Bridges funding after veto; warns against creating policy via budget adjustment

Appropriations/Policy Committee · January 15, 2026
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Summary

Committee members endorsed including a recommendation to restore Bridges funding (previously provided by UVM Extension after H.91 was vetoed) in a letter to Appropriations and asked that BAA not be used to create policy such as return-to-office mandates.

Committee members agreed to request that the Appropriations Committee consider restoring funding for Bridges, a program whose appropriation in H.91 was vetoed and that has been temporarily supported by UVM Extension.

Speaker 1 explained the situation: the legislature had appropriated funds for Bridges in H.91, but that bill was vetoed; UVM Extension provided…

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