Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping education finance reform plan aimed at right-sizing the state’s school system and making it more affordable.

Phil Scott's team revealed their plan to change education funding in Vermont. Scott's plan will eliminate supervisory unions in the state and create five school districts across Vermont. Each will have one school board and one superintendent.

The Vermont Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could redefine the balance of power between the governor and the state Senate. At the center of the lawsuit is Gov. Phil Scott's decision to reappoint Zoie Saunders as Interim Secretary of Education after the Senate rejected her confirmation in April.

Two state lawmakers sued the governor last year, after he appointed Zoie Saunders to serve as an interim Secretary of Education after she was rejected for the job by the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused his weekly briefing Tuesday on housing policies he hopes to champion during the legislative session.

David "Chris" Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by a German national during a traffic stop near the Vermont-Canada border on Monday, was an Air Force veteran.

After his own landslide victory and Republican gains in the Legislature, the governor said voters have signalled Vermont is moving in the wrong direction. To fix it, he pledged to propose ambitious legislation.

The Scott administration is proposing a transition to a foundation formula, a commonly used way of paying for schools that would give more power to the state.

Vermont officials are mourning the loss of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty near the Canadian border on Monday.

A spokesperson with U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed to NBC5 that a Border Patrol agent and another person were killed Monday afternoon in an incident in Coventry, Vermont. The FBI said a third person was injured and is now in custody.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent killed during a traffic stop near the Canadian border worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Canadian border was a military veteran.