Final Reading: In the Vermont Senate, Friday afternoons are for budget building

Sen. Ginny Lyons, D-Chittenden Southeast, center, hands Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a computer tablet before the start of a committee meeting at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, April 19. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerCue the Jeopardy music. Over the course of numerous hours Friday afternoon, the Senate Appropriations Committee inched its way toward a vote on its version of the state’s $8-point-something billion Fiscal Year 2025 bu