UPDATED: Senate passes pot legalization, sends to governor

Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Sears, D-Bennington, speaks on the Senate floor. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
(This story was updated and expanded Jan. 10 at 8:10 p.m.)
A bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana has cleared its last hurdle in the Vermont Legislature.
The measure, H.511, now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Phil Scott. He has previously said he would sign the legislation.With Scott’s signature, Vermont would become the first state to legalize recreationa