Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs asks Appropriations for funding to ease caseloads and curb transport overtime The Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs told the House Appropriations Committee that rising homicide filings, heavy caseloads for attorneys and victim advocates, and transport overtime require funding changes in FY27, including eliminating vacancy savings and adding administrative and victim-advocate positions.

Rising homicide filings and overwhelming caseloads are pushing Vermont's Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs to urgently seek funding changes for FY27.

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Senate walkthrough of S.264 would extend collective-bargaining coverage to assistant attorneys general Senators and legislative staff reviewed S.264, which adds the Office of the Attorney General into the State Employee Labor Relations Act to allow assistant attorneys general to organize and pursue collective bargaining; the bill delegates most implementation details to the Vermont Labor Relations Board and raises unresolved fiscal and unit-structure questions.

A groundbreaking bill, S.264, could empower assistant attorneys general in Vermont to unionize, sparking a major shift in labor relations within the state.

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