House Appropriations Committee advances budget bill with $7M increase

House Appropriations Chair Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThe House Appropriations Committee signing off on a budget proposal Monday that would moderately increase spending and restore funding to health and disabilities programs the Scott administration has proposed cutting.The budget sailed out of committee in a unanimous vote and will likely go up for debate on the House floor by the end of week.The chair of the committee, Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville said the propo