Budget signed into law, but uncertainty looms from DC

Gov. Phil Scott jokes with legislative appropriations chairs Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville, left, and Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, right, as he signs the budget bill Wednesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
Flanked by lawmakers, community leaders and members of his administration on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott signed the bill containing the state budget for the next fiscal year.
“And now the moment we’ve been waiting for. For like a month, month and a half,” he said, to la