Legislature passes bill creating public retirement plan

Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce. File photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger
The Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Phil Scott that would create a publicly administered retirement plan for employees of small businesses by 2019.
The Legislature passed the public retirement plan as part of this year’s comprehensive economic development bill, S.135. The bill passed both the House and Senate on Thursday with only one person from both chambers voting against.
The specifics of the program are larg