It’s getting hot in here: $70K Statehouse cooling bill surprises speaker ahead of veto session

A temporary air conditioning system is installed at the Vermont Statehouse on Thursday, June 13 ahead of next week’s veto session. Photo by Shaun Robinson/VTDigger
When Vermont lawmakers come back to the Statehouse next week for a marathon special session to attempt to override some, if not all, of Gov. Phil Scott’s recent vetoes, they’ll find a building that — at least from the front — looks like a construction site.That’s because it is: Crews are in the pro