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Meryl Streep, Amanda Gorman and more voice Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution'

Title: Meryl Streep, Amanda Gorman and more voice Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution'
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 1 day ago
Description: At the Flynn last month, award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns shared his thoughts on the American Revolution — what he has called "the most important event in world history since the birth of Christ" — and his approach to documentary filmmaking.

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Title: Why Vermont pharmacies keep closing
Runtime: 1:33
Date posted: 2 days ago
Description: A spree of sudden closures is highlighting the vulnerability of Vermont’s independent pharmacies. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week.

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Gov. Phil Scott vetoes ‘soft opening’ for hospital pricing reforms

Title: Gov. Phil Scott vetoes ‘soft opening’ for hospital pricing reforms
Runtime: 26:46
Date posted: 2 days ago
Description: Governor Phil Scott has vetoed Vermont lawmakers’ most notable attempt at healthcare reform this year. Plus, a spree of sudden closures highlights the vulnerability of Vermont’s independent pharmacies. And a look at challenges facing the state’s child sex abuse investigation teams.

This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Olivia Gieger - VTDigger
Howard Weiss-Tisman - Vermont Public

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Ken Burns on capturing 'the most consequential revolution in history'

Title: Ken Burns on capturing 'the most consequential revolution in history'
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 2 days ago
Description: At the Flynn last month, award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns shared his thoughts on the American Revolution — what he has called "the most important event in world history since the birth of Christ" — and his approach to documentary filmmaking.

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Title: The Birthday Party: America at 250
Runtime: 28:55
Date posted: 3 days ago
Description: You might have heard that the U.S. turns 250 this year. It’s a big, corporate to-do — the phrase “America 250” is plastered all over baseball hats and bags of potato chips.

But what do Americans really make of this anniversary? The historian Jill Lepore and audiomaker Sophie Crane wanted to find out. They sent reporters all across the country, from California to Louisiana to Vermont, to listen to what people had to say about it.

This piece is part of a project called The Listeners (https://transom.org/the-listeners/) , an experiment in hyperlocal documentary storytelling from the Transom Story Lab (https://transom.org/) .

You can find the Transom post here (https://transom.org/2026/the-listeners-america-at-250/) and the New Yorker Radio Hour presentation here (https://wnyc.org/browse/shows/episode/simplecast/bb5cc484-afa5-4bf9-86f0-17cc4be05481) .

Reporting by Eve Abrams in Louisiana, Scott Car...

Title: Claim the Lane: Becoming Roxy
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 3 days ago
Description: The new film by Jesse Huffman tracks the story of Roxy Bombardier, an Iraq veteran and amateur cyclist who confronts a transphobic past and risks her closest relationships to come out and transition at age 51 while training for Vermont's most grueling gravel race.

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Claim the Lane: Becoming Roxy [Full Documentary]

Title: Claim the Lane: Becoming Roxy [Full Documentary]
Runtime: 1:10:08
Date posted: 3 days ago
Description: The new film by Jesse Huffman tracks the story of Roxy Bombardier, an Iraq veteran and amateur cyclist who confronts a transphobic past and risks her closest relationships to come out and transition at age 51 while training for Vermont's most grueling gravel race.

Presented as part of Vermont Public's Made Here series spotlighting local filmmakers. Learn more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/made-here

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Katherine Paterson, author of 'Bridge to Terabithia,' starts writing before her self critic wakes up

Title: Katherine Paterson, author of 'Bridge to Terabithia,' starts writing before her self critic wakes up
Runtime: 0:56
Date posted: 4 days ago
Description: As author Katherine Paterson balanced motherhood with a burgeoning literary career, she did much her writing in the morning at the dining room table.

Paterson recently sat down for an interview with Vermont Edition at her home in Montpelier.

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Katherine Paterson on a Lifetime of Moving, Writing, and Starting Over

Title: Katherine Paterson on a Lifetime of Moving, Writing, and Starting Over
Runtime: 52:42
Date posted: 5 days ago
Description: Katherine Paterson is the award-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia and over 40 other books. In this interview, Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak talks with Paterson about life, legacy, and writing, at her home in Montpelier, Vermont.

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How Katherine Paterson, author of 'Bridge to Terabithia,' beats writer's block

Title: How Katherine Paterson, author of 'Bridge to Terabithia,' beats writer's block
Runtime: 1:02
Date posted: 5 days ago
Description: "When you're on the first draft, you have to know you're making trash," says Katherine Paterson, author of "Bridge to Terabithia" and more than 40 other books.

Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak sat down with Paterson in her living room in Montpelier for a conversation about life, legacy and writing.

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Title: Juneteenth in Vermont
Runtime: 26:47
Date posted: 9 days ago
Description: On a special edition of Vermont This Week, we commemorate the Juneteenth holiday with a conversation centered on the experiences of Black Vermonters.

This week's panel:
Mikaela Lefrak - Moderator, Vermont Public
Roy V. Hill II - Faith and Community Leader
Christian Berry - Communications and Community Engagement Manager, REIB Burlington
Thomas Renner - Mayor of Winooski

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Vermont Edition is going town by town. Up next ...

Title: Vermont Edition is going town by town. Up next ...
Runtime: 0:40
Date posted: 10 days ago
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The Celebration: Exploring Vermont's Wild & Scenic Rivers

Title: The Celebration: Exploring Vermont's Wild & Scenic Rivers
Runtime: 29:25
Date posted: 12 days ago
Description: A dedicated group of paddlers embarks on a seven-day journey along Vermont’s Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers, celebrating the 10th anniversary of their Wild & Scenic designation.

From our Made Here series. Directed by Duane Peterson III. Produced by Upper Missisquoi & Trout Rivers Wild & Scenic Committee

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Burlington High School says goodbye to Macy's

Title: Burlington High School says goodbye to Macy's
Runtime: 1:52
Date posted: 12 days ago
Description: The Burlington High School community is marking the end of an era. After five years in a former Macy's department store, students and staff are preparing to move into a brand new building.

The district shuttered the old Burlington High School on North Ave. in 2020 after testing uncovered PCB contamination.

Burlington School District Superintendent Tom Flanagan reflects on the yearslong journey to a new high school campus. Seven Days staff writer Mary Ann Lickteig shares stories she collected from parents, teachers and students while reporting her recent cover story.

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Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb throws Lake Monsters' first pitch

Title: Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb throws Lake Monsters' first pitch
Runtime: 0:21
Date posted: 13 days ago
Description: ⚾ Our very own Mitch Wertieb threw out the first pitch at a Vermont Lake Monsters game last week.

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Howard Dean lent a hand to build Burlington's bike path — literally

Title: Howard Dean lent a hand to build Burlington's bike path — literally
Runtime: 1:28
Date posted: 14 days ago
Description: Howard Dean is a former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee chair.

But before all that, he was just a local physician who really wanted Burlington to have a bike path.

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Widespread layoffs underway at UVM Health

Title: Widespread layoffs underway at UVM Health
Runtime: 2:33
Date posted: 16 days ago
Description: This week brought news of widespread job cuts at one of the state's largest employers.

It's the second straight year that University of Vermont Health Network has implemented a big round of layoffs, and projections indicate more belt tightening will be needed.

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What’s next for UVM Health after another round of job cuts?

Title: What’s next for UVM Health after another round of job cuts?
Runtime: 26:46
Date posted: 16 days ago
Description: This week brought news of huge job cuts at one the state’s largest employers. It’s the second straight year the University of Vermont has implemented a big round layoffs, and projections indicate that a lot more belt tightening will be needed.

On the other end of the state, the Upper Valley gets a new surgical center that claims it can reduce healthcare costs. In the Northeast Kingdom, the iconic library celebrates the resumption of a cherished tradition. In Franklin County, a business prepares to close. And all across our beautiful state, it’s about to get more expensive to access public parks. All that and more, ahead, on Vermont This Week.

This week's panel:
Mark Davis - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Paul Heintz - The Boston Globe
Greta Solsaa - VTDigger

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Title: The Family Undertaking
Runtime: 57:15
Date posted: 16 days ago
Description: Greg and Jordan Camp are the fourth and fifth generations running the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, Vermont, which has been in business for more than a century.

Funeral homes can seem so mysterious, like they're in their own world. But at the same time, they're almost unavoidable. They're the place most people go to when there's a death in the family. What is that like to be the person who's helping, to be the person everyone else is turning to?

In this story, Greg and Jordan talk about their job, which is pretty much the same job that all small funeral homes do, not only in Vermont but across the country. The work is practical, but also delicate; full of logistical details, but also big, complicated emotions.

What’s it like to be the person who’s caring for community members when they’re at their most vulnerable, feeling grief, confusion, and loss?

This story is produced by Elissa Pine and Jenni...

Why does Vermont send people to a private prison in Mississippi?

Title: Why does Vermont send people to a private prison in Mississippi?
Runtime: 1:23
Date posted: 16 days ago
Description: It’s been more than five years since any Vermont journalists have gone inside Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi, where about 150 Vermonters are incarcerated.

Last month, Vermont Public reporter Liam Elder-Connors made the trek to see the facility for himself.

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Why does Vermont send people to an out-of-state prison?

Title: Why does Vermont send people to an out-of-state prison?
Runtime: 31:31
Date posted: 17 days ago
Description: Right now, there are around 150 Vermonters behind bars in Tutwiler, Mississippi.

Question-asker Devon Kurtz is wondering: Why does the state send these men to a private prison more than a thousand miles away — especially since there's a vacant prison in Windsor, Vermont?

Click here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2026-06-11/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-visiting-vermonters-held-in-a-mississippi-prison) for the web version of this episode, including photos and a full transcript. And read an in-depth dispatch from Liam’s visit to Tutwiler here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-06-11/reporters-notebook-visiting-vermont-prisoners-mississippi) .

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This episode was reported by Liam Elder-Connors. Editing and production from Sabine Poux, Burgess Brown, Alicia Freese and Josh...

Attracting young voters is 'the only way we can win,' Howard Dean says

Title: Attracting young voters is 'the only way we can win,' Howard Dean says
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 17 days ago
Description: Before Howard Dean was governor of Vermont, a presidential candidate, or chair of the DNC, he was a local physician who really wanted Burlington to have a bike path.

In the latest installment of Vermont Edition At Home, Dean invites us into his living room in Burlington to talk about his upbringing and thoughts on the current political climate.

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Vermont bookstore owners share their summer reads

Title: Vermont bookstore owners share their summer reads
Runtime: 1:24
Date posted: 18 days ago
Description: After a long New England winter, nothing's better than settling into a hammock or beach chair with a page-turner to read in the summer sun. But where should you begin your summer reading journey?

Vermont Edition's got you covered.

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No discipline for Burlington officers who used force during ICE raid

Title: No discipline for Burlington officers who used force during ICE raid
Runtime: 1:21
Date posted: 20 days ago
Description: Burlington police officers who pushed activists to the ground and used pepper spray during a chaotic ICE raid in South Burlington won’t be disciplined, city officials announced last week.

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Title: ICE’s tactics in Vermont
Runtime: 1:49
Date posted: 22 days ago
Description: ICE’s tactics in Vermont often run counter to what the agency says they’re doing. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week.

Burlington clears officers who used force on anti-ICE activists

Title: Burlington clears officers who used force on anti-ICE activists
Runtime: 26:47
Date posted: 23 days ago
Description: Burlington clears officers who used force on anti-ICE activists, with some advocates expressing disappointment with the findings. Plus, House Republicans quash a last-ditch effort to unmask ICE agents in Vermont. And a look at how Migrant Justice built a movement both on and off the farm.

This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Derek Brouwer - Vermont Public
Lucy Tompkins - Seven Days
Shaun Robinson - VTDigger

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How Ken Burns distills hundreds of hours of footage into a single film

Title: How Ken Burns distills hundreds of hours of footage into a single film
Runtime: 56:37
Date posted: 24 days ago
Description: The award-winning documentary filmmaker joined Vermont Public's Jane Lindholm at the Flynn Center in Burlington on May 20, 2026, for an exclusive evening with a live audience.

Ken Burns has been making documentary films for almost fifty years. Since the Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Burns has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including The Civil War; Baseball; Jazz; and, most recently, The American Revolution.

At the Flynn last month, Burns shared his thoughts on the American Revolution — what he has called "the most important event in world history since the birth of Christ" — and his approach to documentary filmmaking.

"We're subtractive," Burns said of his process. "We're making maple syrup, right? We've got 400 hours of stuff to come down to 12."

Burns' future film projects include Emancipation to Exodus, and LBJ & the Great Society, among others.

Does Vermont's data privacy bill go far enough?

Title: Does Vermont's data privacy bill go far enough?
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 27 days ago
Description: Data privacy hawks are saying the bill that's headed to Gov. Scott's desk falls well short of the protections needed in Vermont. https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-05-29/in-review-krowinski-education-end-of-session

This viral zine captures life at a Burlington, Vermont intersection

Title: This viral zine captures life at a Burlington, Vermont intersection
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 29 days ago
Description: ☁️ How did musings from a crosswalk in Burlington’s Old North End end up in mailboxes around the world? For Christine Tyler Hill, it took two years as a crossing guard, many more as a freelance artist, and one viral video.

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Lawmakers, Gov. Phil Scott still seeking elusive deal on education reform

Title: Lawmakers, Gov. Phil Scott still seeking elusive deal on education reform
Runtime: 1:33
Date posted: 30 days ago
Description: Consensus on education reform in Vermont has proven more elusive as talks turn to the “foundation formula,” another key part of the education system overhaul that lawmakers passed last year.

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Vermont House and Senate will have new leaders in 2027

Title: Vermont House and Senate will have new leaders in 2027
Runtime: 26:47
Date posted: 30 days ago
Description: As the legislative session winds down and election season heats up, House Speaker Jill Krowinski announces she will not seek reelection. Plus, efforts to reform the state’s education system near the finish line. And a bill aimed at protecting Vermonter’s data heads to the Governor.

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Mark Johnson - WCAX
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Ethan Weinstein - VTDigger

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Burlington fourth graders 'shout for trout' at annual parade

Title: Burlington fourth graders 'shout for trout' at annual parade
Runtime: 0:26
Date posted: 30 days ago
Description: Fourth graders at Burlington’s Sustainability Academy raise trout from eggs each year and release them in the Huntington River. On Friday, they paraded through the city to celebrate trout and the area’s watershed.

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Title: How does ICE operate in Vermont?
Runtime: 2:09
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: To better understand how ICE carries out President Donald Trump’s agenda in the state, Vermont Public reviewed 132 hours of police footage from the South Burlington raid on March 11, alongside dozens of other criminal and civil case files in state and federal courts.

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Raven's nest on stage postpones concert series in Essex

Title: Raven's nest on stage postpones concert series in Essex
Runtime: 0:39
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: An Essex music venue has had to reschedule the first outdoor concert of the summer for an unusual reason: A family of ravens is living in the stage.

Ravens are a protected species under federal law, and it’s illegal to move or kill them without a permit. (The birds are thriving in Vermont.)

The local band that had been scheduled to open the summer concert series — Troy Millette and the Fire Below — will now close the series in September.

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Reforming Vermont's homelessness response

Title: Reforming Vermont's homelessness response
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Vermont lawmakers are attempting to pare back the controversial motel voucher program while streamlining how the state funds and governs emergency shelter and services. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-05-22/in-review-ice-face-masks-homelessness-foster-children

This Grand Isle farm is a favorite of Burlington-area chefs

Title: This Grand Isle farm is a favorite of Burlington-area chefs
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Pomykala Farm in Grand Isle — recently featured in Seven Days — is known for its asparagus and their late matriarch, Jane, who mentored many young farmers.

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Unmasking ICE bill fails in Vermont House

Title: Unmasking ICE bill fails in Vermont House
Runtime: 1:45
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Vermont House leaders said a proposed ban on the use of face masks by federal immigration officers would violate the U.S. Constitution. Many Democratic lawmakers wanted to pass the measure into law anyway. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-05-22/in-review-ice-face-masks-homelessness-foster-children

Vermont routinely pockets money that belongs to foster kids

Title: Vermont routinely pockets money that belongs to foster kids
Runtime: 1:38
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: An estimated 5% of foster youth in the U.S. are eligible for federal benefits either because of their disability or because a parent has died. Vermont routinely pockets that money — but a bill headed to Gov. Scott could end that. Watch the latest Vermont This Week at the link in our bio.

New Vermont restaurants coming this summer

Title: New Vermont restaurants coming this summer
Runtime: 1:24
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: A handful of new restaurants are slated to open up in Vermont this summer. Melissa Pasanen, food and drink editor at Seven Days, stopped by Vermont Edition to tell us all about them.

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House lawmakers abandon push to unmask ICE in Vermont

Title: House lawmakers abandon push to unmask ICE in Vermont
Runtime: 26:46
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: House lawmakers narrowly defeated a proposal this week that would have banned federal immigration agents from wearing face masks while carrying out official duties in Vermont. Plus, lawmakers attempt to reorganize supports for unhoused Vermonters. And the state routinely pockets money that belongs to foster kids. A bill headed to Governor Scott could end that.

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Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Carly Berlin - Vermont Public/VTDigger

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Burlington fourth graders raise baby trout and connect with nature

Title: Burlington fourth graders raise baby trout and connect with nature
Runtime: 1:11
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: A heartwarming short film by Ronan Furuta, "A School of Trout," tells the story of fourth graders at Burlington's Sustainability Academy raising baby trout in their classroom.

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Title: Why are there so many twins in Sheldon?
Runtime: 23:17
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: There’s a saying that twins are “in the water” in the town of Sheldon. Our journey to get to the bottom of this curious bit of local lore takes us from a dairy farm in Franklin County to a university in Amsterdam and back.

Thanks to the amateur investigators who aided us along the way, and to Ellen Stanley, our winning question-asker. She’s wondering:

“I live next to a community — Sheldon, Vermont — that has so many twins. Are twins really 'in the water'? What might cause this over generations?”

Click here (http://bravelittlestate.org) for the web version of this episode, including photos and a full transcript.

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A School of Trout | Vermont fourth graders raising baby trout

Title: A School of Trout | Vermont fourth graders raising baby trout
Runtime: 15:30
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: The new short film "A School of Trout" tells the story of Vermont fourth graders raising baby trout in their classroom.

This heartwarming film follows a journey of discovery as the students learn about ecosystems and connect with nature. By filmmaker Ronan Furuta of Burlington, Vermont. From our Made Here series.

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Will Vermonters vote to add an equal protection clause to the state constitution?

Title: Will Vermonters vote to add an equal protection clause to the state constitution?
Runtime: 0:59
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: Vermont voters will decide this November whether to add an equal protection clause to the state constitution.

House lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee “equal treatment under the law” for nine protected classes, including race, sex, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation.

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Vermont lawmakers struggle to fund their big ideas

Title: Vermont lawmakers struggle to fund their big ideas
Runtime: 1:23
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: This week's Seven Days cover story takes a look at how lawmakers in Vermont often push big ideas but struggle to fund them.

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Does Vermont have a problem with unfunded mandates?

Title: Does Vermont have a problem with unfunded mandates?
Runtime: 26:47
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: A look at how lawmakers in Vermont often push big ideas, but struggle to fund them. Plus, an update on education reform efforts in the statehouse. And why you may be paying more to park without realizing it.

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Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Hannah Bassett - Seven Days
Erin Petenko - VTDigger

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Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak on balancing the city's budget

Title: Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak on balancing the city's budget
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 1 month ago
Description: A day after presenting a budget proposal that would close a $10-12 million gap, Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak joined Vermont Edition to discuss the details of her plan.

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What's the deal with bottle redemption in Vermont?

Title: What's the deal with bottle redemption in Vermont?
Runtime: 1:20
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Inside a cavernous redemption warehouse in the Upper Valley, customers come to exchange bottles and cans for coins — and to see bottle-sorter Teera “Sweet T” Paye.

But the system she’s working in is falling apart.

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Title: How to prevent pesky garden voles
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi recommends using a layer of hardware cloth to prevent tunneling voles in your raised garden bed.

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Time to replace a 35-year-old raspberry bush?

Title: Time to replace a 35-year-old raspberry bush?
Runtime: 1:05
Date posted: 2 months ago
Description: Rick in Ferrisburgh called in to Vermont Edition's spring gardening show for advice to treat his 35-year-old raspberry bush.

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