Vermont Public
Are humans at risk of contracting bird flu?
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- Are humans at risk of contracting bird flu?
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- 1 year ago
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- Right now, bird flu presents a very low risk to humans, but Dr. Mark Levine, the head of Vermont’s Department of Health, described the bird flu worst-case scenario in a presentation to lawmakers this week.
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-02-14/usaid-cuts-hit-vermonters-scotts-public-safety-proposal-bird-flu-prevention
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- Capitol Recap: Waiting to hurry
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- 1 year ago
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- In this week’s Capitol Recap, reporters Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld talk over what’s behind the lack of action in Montpelier on legislation regarding big issues like education and housing.
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- Will Phish be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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- 1 year ago
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- Phish, the psych rock group from Vermont that rose to the top of the jam band scene in the mid-90s, has made the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shortlist for the first time.
Will the band be inducted this year? WCAX reporter Calvin Cutler thinks so.
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-02-14/usaid-cuts-hit-vermonters-scotts-public-safety-proposal-bird-flu-prevention
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- How are USAID cuts affecting Vermonters?
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- 1 year ago
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- In the wake of abrupt cuts to USAID funding, Vermont nonprofits, companies and workers are left reeling. Plus, how the state is trying to prevent the spread of bird flu. And a look at drug treatment incentives and mental health services for prisoners in Gov. Scott’s public safety proposal.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Anne Wallace Allen - Seven Days
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Lexi Krupp - Vermont Public
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- Love notes
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- 1 year ago
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- We meet the Vermonters of the Green Mountain Chorus, who raise their voices to provide singing valentines on the 14th of February. Plus, a lawsuit filed in federal court accuses a Burlington police officer of using excessive force in an incident last summer, Sen. Sanders introduces legislation aimed at lowering Americans’ credit card debt, the EPA plans to inspect cleanup efforts at a Bennington Superfund site, why New Hampshire farmers can get paid to pause mowing on their hayfields in early summer, the Vermont-born band Phish has been nominated for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and we consider the courtship that ended with the Boston Red Sox hooking up with a coveted free agent in our weekly sports report.
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- Celebrating friendships and chosen families this Valentine's Day
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- 1 year ago
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- Forget the flowers and candy — let's shine a light on our friends!
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- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark on the federal funding freeze lawsuit
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has sued the second Trump administration four times since the president's inauguration in late January. She joined Vermont Edition on Tuesday to discuss the lawsuits.
Read or listen to the interview: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-02-12/attorney-general-charity-clark-sues-trump-four-times-and-counting
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- Under the wire
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- 1 year ago
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- Students from Kenya and Jordan arrived in Brattleboro for a Biden-era college program, just before the Trump administration suspended new refugee applications. Plus, Democrats in Montpelier push back against Gov. Scott’s school choice lottery plan, lawmakers consider another delay to a bill that would process 19-year-olds charged with crimes as juveniles, public health officials try to get a jump on monitoring bird flu to keep it from spreading to cows and people, Burlington has a new interim police chief, and the state may change how it regulates panfish after hundreds of people sign a petition calling for a ban on commercial fishing.
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- Vermont's elected officials on Trump's first month
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- 1 year ago
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- It's been nearly a month since President Trump has taken office, and he's moved quickly in implementing some big changes in the Federal Government. On today's show, we hear from Vermont elected officials about their reaction to the Trump administration's early days, and what they're doing in response. First, we'll hear from Senator Bernie Sanders. Then, a conversation with Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and Solicitor General Jonathan Rose, who have been a part of many efforts to stall some of Trump's biggest initiatives. Plus: a Northfield author, Nathaniel Ian Miller recently published his second novel. It tells the story of a young man returning to his family farm.
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- Open house
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- 1 year ago
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- Reporter Erica Heilman shares a success story from HomeShare Vermont, a program that matches folks who have extra housing with people who need it.
Plus, House lawmakers pass a bill making it easier for prosecutors to charge Vermonters with hate crimes, Vermont’s attorney general joins a multistate effort to block the National Institutes of Health from slashing billions of dollars in medical research, nursing staff at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans vote to unionize, the head of Vermont’s largest health insurer is retiring after a 16-year tenure, and the Vermont Green Football Club announces its new head coach.
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- Black History Month: Black politicians shaping local government
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- 1 year ago
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- In 1988, Louvenia Dorsey Bright made history as the first woman of color elected to the Vermont legislature. Her son, Bill Bright, reflects on her accomplishments and what it was like to watch her break barriers. The Friends of the Vermont State House is raising funds to commission her portrait.Then, we hear from three black politicians in our region — State Sen. Joe Majors who represents Windsor, Winooski Deputy Mayor Thomas Renner, and former Burlington City Councilmember Zoraya Hightower. They share their political inspirations, what motivated them to run for office, and the roles they see for themselves in local and state government.
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- Game on
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- 1 year ago
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- We hear from Champlain College students studying video game development in a program that includes time in Montreal getting hands-on experience with gaming studios. Plus, Vermont joins a multistate lawsuit aimed at stopping the Treasury Department from transferring sensitive personal data to an agency controlled by Elon Musk, plans for a statewide electric vehicle charging program are on hold following a Trump administration freeze on federal money, McGill University in Montreal plans to cut $45 million and hundreds of jobs rom its annual budget, and public school advocates criticize a Scott administration plan to give every Vermont student an option to enter a school choice lottery.
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- Trash talk
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- 1 year ago
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- In an excerpt from a recent episode of Brave Little State, we explore why Vermont relies on just one landfill for its trash disposal while neighboring New Hampshire has half a dozen. Plus, Vermont’s Department of Public Service says some $400 million in federal grant money is at risk due to a federal funding freeze, Congresswoman Becca Balint urges Vermont lawmakers to prepare for more potential federal budget cuts, Burlington’s Festival of Fools is canceled this year due to funding difficulties, the Vermont House upholds the result of a contested election in Bennington, and adaptive mountain biking gets a boost from a state tourism grant.
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- Vermont doesn't track homeless deaths. So Vermont Public and Seven Days did
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- 1 year ago
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- A first-of-its kind analysis by Vermont Public and Seven Days identified at least 82 people who died either living outside or sheltered in motels between 2021 and 2024. Many of these deaths happened in largely invisible ways: in tents, sheds, motel rooms and dumpsters.
Read the story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-02-05/vermont-doesnt-track-homeless-deaths-so-we-did
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-02-07/education-reform-pushback-homeless-deaths-statehouse-protest
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- Capitol Recap: Choice words
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont Education Secretary Zoie Saunders revealed some new details this week about how school choice could change under the Scott administration’s proposal to overhaul the state’s education system. Vermont Public education reporter Lola Duffort has the details for this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap.
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- How would Gov. Scott's education reform proposal affect school choice?
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- 1 year ago
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- The details of Gov. Phil Scott’s education reform proposal are coming into focus, including a change in how Vermont handles school choice.
🔗 https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-02-07/education-reform-pushback-homeless-deaths-statehouse-protest
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- Homeless deaths in Vermont
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- 1 year ago
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- As the details of Governor Scott’s education reform proposal come into focus, stakeholders are pushing back. Plus, Seven Days and Vermont Public set out to count, for the first time, how many Vermonters have died while homeless during the past four years. And hundreds rally outside the Vermont Statehouse to protest the Trump administration.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Alison Novak - Seven Days
Liam Elder-Connors - Vermont Public
Stephen Biddix - NBC5
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- ‘Sean wouldn’t want this’
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- 1 year ago
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- In the final installment of a collaborative series on homeless deaths in Vermont, we hear from a former girlfriend and from the daughter of a man named Sean Kelleher, who died in a violent accident. Plus, school boards eye personnel job cuts amid financial pressures, an initial estimate puts repairs for the damaged Bennington Battle Monument at $40 million, Burlington International Airport is set to debut a new seasonal non-stop route to South Carolina, the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is screening some classic neo-noir movies, and we examine the fallout from a shocking NBA trade and offer a pick for the winner of this Sunday’s Super Bowl in our weekly sports report.
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- Inside Vermont's weird and wonderful town forests
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- 1 year ago
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- Forests for the people! Democracy in the woods! Most towns in Vermont have a locally owned forest, but no two are exactly the same — and their stories are still unfolding.
Check out the web version of this episode for photos and a full transcript (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-02-06/how-vermont-got-so-many-town-forests) . You can participate in UVM’s town forest census project here (https://site.uvm.edu/vermonttownforestcensus/) .
Thanks to Anne Wallace of Bristol for the great question.
This episode was reported by Lexi Krupp. It was produced by Burgess Brown, with editing from Josh Crane and Sabine Poux. Angela Evancie is Brave Little State’s Executive Producer. Our intern is Catherine Morrissey. Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.
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- ‘No renter history’
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- 1 year ago
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- In the second part of a collaborative series on homeless deaths in Vermont, reporter Liam Elder-Connors tells us about the struggles of a man he got to know before he died from a drug overdose. Plus, Vermont officials try to gauge the effects of potential tariffs on energy imported from Canada, Bennington residents get an update on new PFAS water well contamination, state health officials report an uptick in people with flu-like illnesses over the past month, and a Lamoille County nonprofit is getting a new food processing hub to help redistribute extra produce from local farms.
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- Hundreds protest Trump administration outside Vermont Statehouse
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- 1 year ago
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- Several hundred Vermonters gathered outside the Statehouse on Wednesday at noon as part of a nationwide movement, organized on social media platforms, called 50501. The name stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one day.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-02-05/hundreds-protest-president-donald-trump-administration-vermont-statehouse
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- ‘He was a local’
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- 1 year ago
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- We hear the story of a Morristown man who passed away last April after struggling with substance abuse, in the first of a three-part collaboration with Seven Days analyzing the number of unhoused Vermonters who have died over the last several years.. Plus, lawmakers want to examine COVID-era appropriations that may not be yielding adequate returns for taxpayers, a Brattleboro nonprofit secured grant funding to support refugees before a federal funding freeze,tariffs on Canadian goods could raise Vermonters’ energy bills, officials ponder options for the future of Vermont’s waste disposal, and Vermont’s senators register their opposition to Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr.'s nomination for health secretary.
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- A home energy audit could reveal the leaks driving up your heating bill
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- 1 year ago
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- With residential heating accounting for 33% of all energy consumption in Vermont, weatherizing homes to improve their energy efficiency is key to the state cutting greenhouse gas emissions. It can also save people money: Weatherizing a home can reduce energy costs by 10-25% or more, depending on the space.
That work begins with an energy audit.
Rad more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-31/how-a-home-energy-audit-reveals-the-leaks-driving-up-your-heating-bill
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- More than a store
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- 1 year ago
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- Why a general store in New Hampshire that’s been serving the community for two centuries may not be around much longer. Plus, a Waterbury House Democrat wants to advance legislation to reform the state’s emergency shelter program before a new wave of evictions, a new development will bring more than 250 homes to Middlebury, several state medical associations voice opposition to President Trump’s executive order restricting youth access to gender-affirming care, Burlington voters won’t be asked to weigh in on a tax increase on Town Meeting Day despite the city’s budget deficit, and a Vermont solar manufacturer gets nearly $400 million in financing from a Canadian investment company to build out four solar projects.
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- Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak on removing the city's police hiring cap
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- 1 year ago
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- Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak joined Vermont Edition on Monday to discuss public safety, taxes and the city's relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the second Trump administration.
Listen to the full interview: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-02-03/burlington-mayor-emma-mulvaney-stanak-on-public-safety-taxes-and-more
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- Gov. Phil Scott's budget proposal would eliminate Vermont's universal school meals program
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- 1 year ago
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- Gov. Phil Scott is proposing $77 million in one-time spending to keep property tax rates flat. But $77 million is not enough to cover the growth in education spending forecast this year. To close the gap, Scott is also proposing to get rid of Vermont’s recently-enacted universal school meals law, which requires schools provide free lunch to all students, regardless of income.
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-01-31/scotts-budget-plan-education-reform-estimates-tourism-boom
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- How would Gov. Phil Scott's education reform plan affect school curricula?
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- 1 year ago
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- If enacted as proposed, Gov. Phil Scott's education reform plan would represent a seismic shift in the way that schools are funded, administered and governed in Vermont, including setting statewide standards for a coordinated curriculum.
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-01-31/scotts-budget-plan-education-reform-estimates-tourism-boom
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- Response guide
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- 1 year ago
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- Treasurer Mike Pieciak has convened a task force to help guide Vermont through a flurry of action in the early days of the second Trump administration. Plus, Vermont’s teachers’ union says Gov. Scott’s education reform plan would require mass educator layoffs, the governor seeks to roll back almost every major climate law enacted by Democrats in recent years, land in the Northeast Kingdom has been conserved for wild fish habitat and flood resilience, and Democratic lawmakers fear future federal funding for Vermont is in serious jeopardy under the Trump administration.
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- Capitol Recap: Playing defense
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- 1 year ago
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- Environmental advocates have enjoyed a lot of influence in Montpelier. But with Gov. Phil Scott looking to roll back most of the major climate policies of the last several years, they have to take a new approach this session.
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- Breaking down Gov. Scott's budget proposal
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- 1 year ago
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- After a five-year period of unprecedented spending growth, Republican Gov. Phil Scott presented a budget plan Tuesday that he says will match the government's appetite for spending with Vermonters’ ability to pay. Plus, a look at the numbers behind the administration’s sweeping proposal for education funding reform. And a new study shows tourism in Vermont is a $4 billion industry.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Tim McQuiston - Vermont Business Magazine
https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week
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- Some assembly required
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- 1 year ago
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- To increase the pace of home building, some housing experts say Vermont needs to turn to the assembly line. Plus, Gov. Scott wants to place new fees on electric vehicles in lieu of gas tax revenues, Vermont’s attorney general says she won’t back down on challenging Trump administration efforts she doesn’t believe pass legal muster, national testing results show declines in math and reading for Vermont fourth and eighth graders, a Middlebury philosophy professor discusses how to live a full life by mastering what she calls the ‘art of the interesting’, and we take stock of what sports fans are waiting for–from the pending Super Bowl to the start of the new baseball season–in our weekly sports report.
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- Recapping Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's state budget address
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- 1 year ago
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- Gov. Phil Scott outlined his $9 billion state budget proposal in a speech to lawmakers this week. Vermont Public’s Statehouse reporter Bob Kinzel has the recap.
Read more about Scott's budget proposal: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-29/5-takeaways-from-gov-phil-scotts-state-budget
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- Follow along with a Vermont home energy audit
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- 1 year ago
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- A behind-the-scenes look at a home energy audit in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. Energy audits identify opportunities to improve a home's energy efficiency, lower heating costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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- ‘You must stop all work’
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- 1 year ago
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- Recent moves by the Trump administration are significantly disrupting organizations that help refugees resettle in Vermont. Plus, federal bureaucracy is delaying plans to permanently repair flood-damaged state buildings in Montpelier, Education Secretary Zoie Saunders addresses concerns about dropping a universal school meals program to help fund a new education plan, Lt. Gov. John Rodgers plans to take a lead role in reforming Vermont’s retail cannabis law, a Chittenden County bikeshare program will end this spring, and a Vermont gun rights group says it will oppose any legislation to impose a statewide ban on firearms inside town-owned municipal buildings.
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- Gov. Phil Scott outlines sweeping education reform proposal
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- 1 year ago
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- In his budget address on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott presented a proposal to lawmakers that he says will match the government's appetite for spending with Vermonters’ ability to pay.
Administration officials unveiled Scott’s sweeping education reform proposal last week. Even if enacted into law, the multi-year overhaul would not address the 5.9% property tax increase expected next year. To hold taxpayers harmless in the short-term, Scott is proposing to spend $77 million in one-time money this year to keep property tax rates flat.
But $77 million is not, by itself, enough to cover the growth in education spending forecast this year. To close the gap, according to administration officials, Scott is also proposing to get rid of Vermont’s recently-enacted universal school meals law, which requires schools provide free lunch to all students, regardless of income.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-28/gov-phil-scott-preaches...
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- The grateful dead
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- 1 year ago
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- We visit an East Putney resident who helps maintain a nearby cemetery, in an excerpt from a recent Brave Little State episode about “adopting” small, local graveyards. Plus, Gov. Scott lays out budget priorities he says are aimed at making the state more affordable, Vermont’s congressional delegation slams President Trump’s decision to freeze federal grant and loan funding, state officials are waiting to see if the freeze will impact disaster relief, advocates for LGBTQ+ people emphasized that an executive order discounting gender identity doesn’t apply to the state government, and Vermont saw a record amount of tourism dollars in 2023.
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- FULL VIDEO: Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's 2025 budget address
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- 1 year ago
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- Gov. Phil Scott delivered his budget address to the Legislature on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-28/gov-phil-scott-preaches-fiscal-restraint-in-his-state-budget-proposal
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- ‘It freaks me the hell out’
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- 1 year ago
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- Speaking with people worried about the looming closure of Central Vermont Medical Center’s psychiatric unit. Plus, Gov. Phil Scott delivers his annual budget address today, why some Vermont lawmakers want consumers to have stronger data privacy protection, Sen. Peter Welch says he’ll work with the Trump administration to reform FEMA but will fight any effort to eliminate it, Quebec’s two largest police forces report losing several guns since 2020, and a Vermont nonprofit calls an executive order by President Trump to suspend the US refugee program an act of betrayal.
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- Scott's education plan, Trump inauguration, Border Patrol shooting
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- 1 year ago
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- We got our first look this week at the governor’s plan to revamp the education system. And it’s nothing short of a sweeping overhaul that would consolidate power at the state level, diminish local control, and upend how schools are funded. It’s all in response, of course, to anger over property tax increases. Plus, just hours after Donald Trump is inaugurated, a Border Patrol agent is shot and killed in the Kingdom. We have the latest on what we know about the case, and perhaps more importantly, on what we still don't know.
This week's panel:
Mark Davis - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Carly Berlin - VTDigger/Vermont Public
Neal Goswami - VTDigger
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- Winter car maintenance tips: Protect your vehicle from salt, rust and corrosion
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- 1 year ago
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- Winter in Vermont can wreak havoc on a car. All that salt causes corrosion and rust, and that can make your car unsafe to drive. The hazardous conditions require upgrades and protective measures to stay safe on the slippery roads. To keep your car in top shape requires a lot winter car maintenance. Demeny Pollitt, the owner and manager of Girlington Garage in South Burlington, and Steve Belitsos, a retired professor of automotive and transportation services at Vermont State University’s Randolph campus, share insights on car batteries, snow tires, and how often you should wash your car.
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- What's in Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's education reform proposal?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- State officials unveiled Gov. Phil Scott’s education reform plan in a presentation to House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday.
Read the story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-22/state-officials-unveil-gov-scotts-education-reform-ideas
Video by David Littlefield and Kaylee Mumford
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- New Hampshire has 6 landfills. Why does Vermont only have 1?
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont used to have hundreds of dumps all over the state. These days, most of the state’s trash ends up in one place: a landfill in Coventry. Question-asker Sylvia Dodge, of Lyndon, wants to know why all that trash ends up in just one small town.
We visit the Coventry landfill, trash bag in hand, and talk to the people doing the dirty work. You can find photos from our reporting, and a full transcript for the episode, here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-01-23/new-hampshire-has-six-landfills-why-does-vermont-only-have-one) .
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This episode was reported by Mikaela Lefrak. It was produced by Josh Crane, with additional editing from Burgess Brown and Sabine Poux. Angela Evanci...
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- How do you maintain a 4.5-mile ice skating loop on a Vermont lake?
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- 1 year ago
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- Mark Avery and his family have built and maintained a 4.5-mile ice skating loop around Lake Morey for over 15 years.
He spends three or four days a week on the lake, riding his tricked-out golf course lawn mower with a rotating plastic brush roller that sweeps away the dry snow from the surface of the ice.
Avery and his family, who also own the nearby Lake Morey Resort, make a little bit of money renting skates, and the ice brings in guests during a season that’s otherwise quiet in Fairlee, which isn’t close to any ski areas.
It’s been a worthwhile investment, he says. So when his new insurance company told him they did not want to cover the liability of maintaining the ice, he kind of freaked out.
Read the story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-22/fairlee-takes-over-lake-morey-ice-skating-loop-vermont-tradition-lives-on
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- Vermont Public Classical host Helen Lyons shares her Martin Luther King Day music picks
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- 1 year ago
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- Vermont Public Classical will recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day today with selections from African American composers, including those who wrote music for or about Martin Luther King.
Listen to Helen's picks on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7bZJeK5AjOZ7SvYHmMqi2B?si=Aa4FA_ZtRUiXLPfgWNgGoA
Listen to Vermont Public's classical music stream: https://www.vermontpublic.org/
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- Do you need to warm up your car before driving in the winter?
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- 1 year ago
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- Do you need to heat up your car before driving in the winter? Demeny Pollitt, the owner and manager of Girlington Garage in South Burlington, and Steve Belitsos, a retired professor of automotive and transportation services at Vermont State University’s Randolph campus, say no.
Listen to Vermont Edition for more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-01-15/how-to-get-your-car-through-a-vermont-winter
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- Gov. Phil Scott looks to improve public safety in Vermont
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- 1 year ago
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- In his weekly media briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott said many Vermonters have lost faith in their criminal justice system, and he wants prosecutors and judges to impose stricter criminal sanctions on alleged repeat offenders.
Read the story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-15/gov-scott-seeks-harsher-penalties-repeat-offenders
Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-01-17/in-review-public-safety-bill-new-housing-coalition-clean-heat-rules
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- Vermont offering free electric panel upgrades for low and middle-income households
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- 1 year ago
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- Many older homes need a stronger electric system before you can swap in more efficient appliances. But upgrading an electric panel can cost thousands of dollars.
For the first time ever, Vermont is offering financial incentives to upgrade electric panels — something that could help far more people access more efficient heating and transportation technology.
Read the full story: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-15/why-your-electric-panel-may-be-the-key-to-using-less-fossil-fuels
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- Vermont governor seeks stricter penalties for alleged repeat offenders
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- 1 year ago
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- Gov. Phil Scott says many Vermonters have lost faith in their criminal justice system, and he wants prosecutors and judges to impose stricter criminal sanctions on alleged repeat offenders. Plus, a new group of power players will lobby for housing policy in Montpelier. And the Public Utility Commission issues highly anticipated proposed rules for the clean heat standard.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Anne Wallace Allen - Seven Days
Stephen Biddix - NBC5
Ethan Weinstein - VTDigger
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- How do you make sure secondhand snow tires are safe and effective?
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- 1 year ago
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- How do you make sure secondhand snow tires are safe and effective? Demeny Pollitt, the owner and manager of Girlington Garage in South Burlington, says the “quarter test” is there to help.
Listen to Vermont Edition for more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-01-15/how-to-get-your-car-through-a-vermont-winter
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- Former Vermont Gov. Tom Salmon reflects on childhood introduction to the Democratic Party
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- 1 year ago
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- In this 1989 interview with journalist Chris Graff, former Vermont Gov. Tom Salmon reflected on his childhood introduction to the Democratic Party. He also recalled how he slowed down the land boom with the motto "Vermont is not for sale,” initiated property tax relief and steered the state through the energy crisis.
Salmon died on Tuesday at age 92.
Watch the full interview: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-01-15/remembering-former-vermont-gov-tom-salmon
