The House proposal includes funding aimed at keeping more people housed in the state’s motel voucher program through the spring, which sparked pushback this week.

House lawmakers grilled Sunny Eappen about the hospital network’s spending in New York and executive pay. In the Senate, he received a warmer welcome.

Levine led the Department of Health through the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the state’s most challenging health crises.

The panel would have a mix of House and Senate members and would, among other tasks, review the myriad of reports lawmakers commission each year.

A group of young people linked to multiple violent deaths left a trail of sometimes unsettling interactions with Vermonters — including a realtor, an employee at an AT&T store and hotel workers.