Scott administration: Expect tighter state budget to make room for tax cuts

Commissioner of Finance and Management Adam Greshin speaks as a House and Senate budget conference committee discusses the budget bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier in 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott is planning to propose a state budget that features little new spending if he gets reelected in November, one of his top deputies told a panel of Vermont House and Senate leaders Wednesday.That’s in part because the governor also plans to propose new — but as