House to finalize state budget cuts this week

House Appropriations Chair Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThis week a key House panel lawmakers will make final decisions on the Big Bill.In its initial vetting of the Scott administration’s budget, the House Appropriations Committee has pushed back on a number of proposals. Dozens of items have been temporarily restored until legislators can review the $44 million “wish list” and determine which programs will be fully funded, which will be eliminat