Vermont Public
Governor Scott condemns federal immigration tactics
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- Governor Scott condemns federal immigration tactics
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- 3 months ago
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- Governor Scott condemns federal immigration tactics after agents fatally shoot a second person in Minneapolis. Plus, Vermont is getting millions each year from opioid settlements. Where’s the money going? And a look at a new era of enforcement on the state’s northern border.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Liam Elder-Connors - Vermont Public
Lucy Tompkins - Seven Days
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- How is Vermont spending millions in opioid settlement money?
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- 3 months ago
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- So far, Vermont has received more than $41 million from private companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis — with more on the way over the next decade.
Vermont Public, in a first-of-its-kind analysis, has tracked how the state is spending its share.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-01-27/vermont-millions-opioid-settlements-wheres-money-going
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- Rep. Becca Balint: ICE 'must be dismantled, restructured'
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- 4 months ago
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- At a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) addressed the potential threat of a government shutdown over Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding.
Vermonters, she said, have been calling her congressional offices to say they do not want additional funding to go to ICE.
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- Vermont lawmakers debate property tax buydown
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- 4 months ago
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- Vermont Public reporter Peter Hirschfeld breaks down Vermont lawmakers' debate over buying down property tax rates this year.
Already, about half of this year’s projected property tax increase is not due to higher spending, but instead a result of last year’s buy-down.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-01-23/in-review-state-budget-buying-down-property-taxes-protests-ice
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- Governor Scott proposes $9.4B state budget
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- 4 months ago
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- Montpelier braces for a tight budget year, as uncertainty over federal funding persists. Plus, state leaders eye general funds to buydown property taxes, again. And farmers look to the legislature for help as they contend with the devastating impacts of drought.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Austyn Gaffney - VTDigger
Mark Johnson - WCAX
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- Who controls the deployment of the Vermont National Guard?
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- 4 months ago
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- The Vermont National Guard usually takes orders from the state. But at the end of 2025, President Trump deployed the Vermont guard to the Caribbean — and Gov. Scott said he had no control over the president’s orders.
It gave this question from a listener newfound relevance:
“Who controls the deployment of the Vermont National Guard if orders from the federal government and the state are in conflict?”
You can find the web version of this story here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2026-01-22/from-vermont-to-venezuela-who-controls-the-deployment-of-the-national-guard) .
For more about the Vermont guard, check out this 2010 VPR series (https://www.vpr.net/vault/report-from-afghanistan/) , which covered some of the 1,500 Vermonters who were deployed to Afghanistan.
This episode was reported and produced by Sabine Poux and Josh Crane. Editing and additiona...
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- FULL VIDEO: Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's 2026 Budget Address
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- 4 months ago
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- Vermont Governor Phil Scott delivered his 2026 budget address on January 20, 2026. Scott presented lawmakers with a $9.4 billion state budget that weans the state off pandemic-era spending by tamping down on new government expenditures.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-01-20/gov-phil-scott-proposes-9-4-billion-budget-wean-off-pandemic-era-spending
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- Gov. Phil Scott proposes $9.4B budget that seeks to wean Vermont off pandemic-era spending
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- 4 months ago
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- Republican Gov. Phil Scott presented lawmakers Tuesday with a $9.4 billion state budget that would wean the state off pandemic-era spending by tamping down on new government expenditures.
The proposed budget represents an approximately 3% increase in total spending over the current fiscal year. While it lacks the laundry list of federally funded one-time initiatives that characterized the last five budget cycles, Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin said it maintains support for core state services.
“This is not an austerity budget by any means, but it will feel tighter than past years,” Greshin told reporters during a briefing Tuesday morning. “No one’s going to leave hungry, but it’s just going to feel tighter than last year.”
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-01-20/gov-phil-scott-proposes-9-4-billion-budget-wean-off-pandemic-era-spending
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- Reflecting on Swanton's post-pandemic business boom
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- 4 months ago
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- Each month, Vermont Edition takes a deep dive into one Vermont town or city and learns what makes it special. Our most recent stop: Swanton.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2026-01-15/town-by-town-swanton
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- Confirmation process begins for 2 Vermont Supreme Court nominees
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- 4 months ago
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- The Senate Committee on Judiciary started confirmation hearings Tuesday for Christina Nolan and Michael Drescher, two veteran federal prosecutors whom Gov. Phil Scott appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-01-16/in-review-cheaper-health-care-motel-program-supreme-court
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- New plan for Vermont homelessness would largely end the use of motel rooms
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Lawmakers have a new plan to overhaul Vermont’s response to homelessness, an issue that has remained stubbornly persistent in recent years even as state leaders have thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at easing the problem.
A bipartisan bill introduced last week is legislators’ latest attempt at reform. The bill would dramatically wind down Vermont’s use of motel rooms as emergency shelter over the next two years, while ramping up funding for shelters, transitional housing and related services.
It would also create a new, voluntary program dedicated to paying for travel for unhoused people in Vermont “who wish to return to their home states.”
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-01-16/in-review-cheaper-health-care-motel-program-supreme-court
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- Should Vermonters lower health care costs by shopping around?
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- This week's show explores a push by insurers to steer patients toward lower-cost care, a bipartisan proposal to wind down the motel voucher program while expanding long-term housing options, and new tools aimed at helping smaller communities build housing. The panel also digs into judicial appointments to the Vermont Supreme Court, early movement in the lieutenant governor’s race, and the ripple effects of unresolved postal service challenges in areas of the state.
This weeks panel
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator
Carly Berlin – Vermont Public/VTDigger
Colin Flanders – Seven Days
Calvin Cutler – WCAX
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- Vermont Edition is headed to Swanton
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- TODAY: Vermont Edition is headed to Swanton for the latest installment of our town-by-town series.
Join us for a live broadcast from the Swanton Public Library from 12-1 p.m. Seating is first come, first serve.
Listen: vermontpublic.org/vermontedition
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- Who's opposing forced school mergers?
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Gov. Phil Scott’s ultimatum on education reform
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Governor signals no budget without movement on school consolidation
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As lawmakers return to Montpelier, education reform quickly emerges as the defining issue of the new legislative session. Governor Phil Scott delivers an unusually focused message on following through with Act 73, tying school district consolidation, property tax pressures, and budget decisions together in a high-stakes opening week. Panelists explore the political dynamics behind the governor’s ultimatum, the unresolved questions surrounding redistricting and implementation, and the growing tension between cost control and educational equity. The conversation also widens to other pressures facing Vermonters, from rising prescription drug prices to ethics complaints at the Statehouse, offering a clear look at the challenges shaping the months ahead.
This week's panel
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator
Shaun Robinson - VTDigger
Alison Novak - Seven Days
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
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- Off the Path: Where the Appalachian Trail began
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- 4 months ago
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- Today, the origin story of the Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. But it was a peak in southern Vermont that inspired the idea of the trail in the first place.
Thanks to one of our favorite podcasts, Off the Path (https://www.wshu.org/podcast/off-the-path) , for sharing this story with us. Here’s a link (https://www.wshu.org/podcast/off-the-path/2023-06-23/the-view-and-the-visionary-behind-the-appalachian-trail) to the original web post.
For more stories from the trail, check out our episodes, “What’s it like to hike the Long Trail (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2022-06-09/whats-it-like-to-hike-the-long-trail-encore) ?” and “What’s the deal with Vermont’s fire towers (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2023-09-21/vermont-fire-towers-from-smoke-spotters-to-thru-hikers) ?”
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- WATCH LIVE: Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's 2026 State of the State Address
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- 4 months ago
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- Vermont Governor Phil Scott is scheduled to deliver his State of the State Address on January 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET.
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- Gov. Phil Scott insists lawmakers follow through on education reform in State of State speech
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- 4 months ago
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- In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott urged lawmakers to defy political headwinds and follow through on sweeping education reform legislation that passed last year but is now in jeopardy.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-01-07/gov-phil-scott-insists-on-lawmakers-keeping-our-word-on-education-reform-in-state-of-state-speech
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- Senate leader pitches controversial plan to cap spending on Vermont schools
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Sen. Phil Baruth said he’ll introduce legislation this week that would use “allowable growth caps” to limit the budget increases that school districts put to voters on Town Meeting Day in 2027 and 2028.
“I believe in the interim, in order to get to the cost savings in Act 73, we need some kind of temporary containment in the rise in the growth of spending,” Baruth said.
While he hasn’t yet disclosed those limits, the proposal has already drawn opposition from key school officials.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-01-06/senate-leader-pitches-controversial-plan-to-cap-spending-on-vermont-schools
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- Environmental issues are top of mind for two of Vermont's new legislative pages
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Two of Vermont's new legislative pages stopped by Vermont Edition to help us kick off the first day of the 2026 legislative session.
Eighth graders Eilidh Corbett, who attends Main Street Middle School in Montpelier, and Liam Chase, who attends Barre Town School, say they're interested in the environment.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2026-01-06/live-from-the-statehouse
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- Vermont's health care system lacks competition, Senate minority leader says
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Vermont Sen. Scott Beck says the state's health care system lacks enough competition to drive down costs.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-01-02/legislative-preview-2026-education-health-care-housing
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- Gov. Phil Scott pitches Vermont lawmakers on plan to avert 11.9% property tax hike
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- On a special edition of Vermont This Week, we're getting ready for the new legislative session, speaking with key lawmakers who are tackling issues facing the state.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-01-02/legislative-preview-2026-education-health-care-housing
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- Vermont lawmakers look ahead to education reform, housing, and health care
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As Vermont heads into a new legislative session, state leaders are weighing how to confront some of the most persistent pressures facing Vermonters, from rising education costs and property tax relief to housing affordability and a strained health care system. The conversation reflects a shared sense of urgency paired with an acknowledgement that lasting solutions will require compromise, coordination, and careful choices in a tight budget environment. With federal uncertainty looming and no single fix on the table, lawmakers outline the tradeoffs ahead and the areas where collaboration may shape the path forward in the months to come.
This week's panel
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator
Phil Baruth - Senate Pres. Pro Tem / Chittenden-Central District
Scott Beck - Senator / Caledonia District
Jill Krowinski - Speaker of the House / Chittenden-16
Ashley Bartley - Representative / Franklin-1
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- UVM scientists name newly discovered fern after longtime volunteer
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Twice a week for the past three decades, 95-year-old Hilda White has spent hours carefully preserving plant specimens at the University of Vermont’s Pringle Herbarium, which houses a massive collection from around the world.
And now, White herself will, in a way, be preserved in the collection. A newly discovered species of Christmas fern has been named in her honor.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-12-26/uvm-scientists-name-newly-discovered-fern-after-longtime-volunteer
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- How do you pronounce Montpelier, Vermont?
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Brave Little State is capping off 2025 with a pronunciation stop in Montpelier, Vermont, the country's smallest (but arguably most charming) state capital.
Thanks to Kate Tank-Day, Ethan Parke, Cindra Conison, Shauna, Jake Larrabee, Miriam, Knayte Lander, Melissa Bove, Xavier Jimenez, Claire Benedict, George Spaulding, Seth Collins and Spencer Grover for showing us around.
Which towns should we visit next?
Listen to Brave Little State: vermontpublic.org/bravelittlestate
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- 📚 Vermont Public's favorite books of 2025
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- 📚 Vermont Public staff share their favorite reads of 2025.
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie
The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case
The Wilderness by Andrea Flournoy
Spent by Alison Bechdel
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey
The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey
Pure by Andrew Miller
America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
For more recommendations, listen to Vermont Edition’s annual books show: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-12-10/winter-book-recommendations-from-vermont-edition
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- Vermont This Week's top 10 stories of 2025
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- 5 months ago
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- Vermont This Week panelists give their final word on the top stories of 2025.
1. Vermont Legislature passes landmark education reform
2. Migrant workers in Vermont navigate fear amid deportation crackdown
3. Vermont Green FC wins national championship
4. U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot in Northeast Kingdom
5. Vermont businesses see sharp drop in Canadian tourists
6. Vermont Sen. Samuel Douglass resigns after participating in racist group chat
7. Mohsen Mahdawi released from prison
8. Regulators set Vermont hospital budgets, make deep cuts to UVMMC
9. Hundreds of unhoused people exit motel program as winter rules end
10. BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont reports $62M loss
Watch the episode: https://youtu.be/-R9UP5nYnKo
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- ❄️ Snowflake Bentley: The Vermont farmer who photographed 5,000 snow crystals
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- 5 months ago
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- ❄️ Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, a farmer from Jericho, was the first to photograph a single snow crystal.
Using his microscope and a camera, Bentley took his first photograph in 1885 and worked every winter over the next 47 years to capture more than 5,000 individual crystals. Many of those original copies live in an exhibit at the Jericho Historical Society.
Sue Richardson, Bentley's great-grandniece and the vice president of the Jericho Historical Society, showed us around.
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- Vermont Public's holiday concert with the Champlain Trio
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- 5 months ago
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- The Champlain Trio brought their signature warmth and artistry to Vermont Public’s annual holiday concert.
With beautiful arrangements of beloved holiday pieces, and a backdrop of wintry scenes, they brought the joy, nostalgia and comfort of the season to our audiences.
Watch the full performance: https://www.vermontpublic.org/shows/vermont-public-television-specials/episodes/holiday-concert-with-the-champlain-trio
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- Vermont’s top stories of 2025: education reform, immigration, and health care challenges
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- 5 months ago
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- As the year comes to a close, this conversation looks back at the Vermont stories that mattered most in 2025, from ambitious education reform and rising property tax pressures to immigration enforcement, health care finances, and shifting economic ties with Canada. Alongside difficult headlines, there were moments of resilience, civic debate, and even celebration, offering a fuller picture of a state navigating change while trying to hold onto what makes it work.
This week's panel
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Mark Davis - Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
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- Gov. Phil Scott pitches Vermont lawmakers on plan to avert 11.9% property tax hike
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Republican Gov. Phil Scott wants to once again use state funds to reduce property taxes for Vermonters next year, but Democratic lawmakers are expressing skepticism about the plan.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-12-19/in-review-guard-deployment-tax-proposal-eaton-competency
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- Vermont delegation condemns Air National Guard deployment
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- 5 months ago
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- The Vermont Air National Guard heads to the Caribbean as the state's delegation condemns the deployment.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-12-19/in-review-guard-deployment-tax-proposal-eaton-competency
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- How long can Vermont keep buying down taxes?
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- This week’s discussion takes stock of the policy questions shaping Vermont as leaders balance national developments with local realities. The panel examines what is known—and what remains unclear—about the Vermont Air National Guard’s deployment to the Caribbean, alongside ongoing conversations at the Statehouse over how to manage rising property taxes without relying on short-term fixes. The episode also revisits a high-profile Burlington shooting case now moving closer to trial, looks at accountability concerns involving a county prosecutor, and explores pressures facing schools, hospitals, and growing employers as Vermont works to align affordability, public trust, and long-term stability.
This week's panel
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator
Alicia Freese - Vermont Public
Liam Elder-Connors - Vermont Public
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
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- The case of D.W. Bancroft’s curious cure-all
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- 5 months ago
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- A few years ago, John Haffner was digging in his White River Junction backyard when his shovel hit a glass bottle buried underground. Then he found another, and another — all with words like “remedy,” “tonic” and “quick cure” embossed on them. John wants to know why there are so many of these old bottles around and, more importantly, what was in them?
Local historian and independent reporter Kelby Greene is on the case, unraveling the snake oil sensation that swept the Green Mountain State.
You can find the web version of this story here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-12-18/the-case-of-d-w-bancrofts-curious-cure-all) .
Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from Vermont Humanities, in partnership with the Vermont 250 Commission and JAM, Junction Arts and Media. For more, check out the podcast series Roadside Vermont (https://uvjam.org/listen/roadside-vermont/) .
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- What's your top song of 2025?
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- 5 months ago
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- Vermont Edition's annual music show is Friday, December 19.
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- Holiday Concert with the Champlain Trio
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- 5 months ago
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- On December 11, 2025 the Champlain Trio brought their signature warmth and artistry to Vermont Public’s Stetson Studio One for our annual Holiday Concert. With beautiful arrangements of beloved holiday pieces, and a backdrop of wintry scenes, they brought the joy, nostalgia, and comfort of the season to our audiences. The performance culminated in a reading of Clement C. Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas with Vermont Public Classical Host Helen Lyons.
The Champlain Trio is Hiromi Fukuda (piano), Letitia Quante (violin) and Emily Taubl (cello).
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- Winooski School District's message to students
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- 5 months ago
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- Winooski Schools Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria shares a message to students, who make up the most diverse school district in Vermont.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-12-15/winooski-superintendent-speaks-up-for-immigrants-himself-included
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- She fought for the right to attend college in Vermont. Now she's facing deportation
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- 5 months ago
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- The daughter of migrant farmworkers from Chiapas, Mexico, Heidi Perez’s path to Vermont State University in Castleton has been more circuitous than most of her peers.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-12-10/she-fought-right-attend-college-facing-deportation
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- How Vermont's most diverse school district responds to racist political rhetoric
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- 5 months ago
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- The Winooski School District superintendent, Wilmer Chavarria, has emerged this year as an outspoken advocate for immigrant families in his city, which is the most diverse municipality in Vermont.
Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-12-15/winooski-superintendent-speaks-up-for-immigrants-himself-included
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- Trump’s deportation campaign has hit Vermont. Immigrants say they’re here to stay
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- 5 months ago
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- Investigative reporting by Vermont Public reporter Peter Hirschfeld reveals the human impact of the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts in Vermont.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-12-12/in-review-flood-recovery-funds-immigration-series-new-citizens
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- How Trump's mass deportation campaign is unfolding in Vermont?
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- 5 months ago
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- Back in January, it wasn’t at all clear what President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign would mean for immigrants in Vermont.
More than 10 months in, reality has come into clearer focus.
Read more from Vermont Public's "Sudden Separations" series: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-12-08/trumps-deportation-campaign-immigrants-here-to-stay
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- How will Vermont legislators address housing next session?
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- 5 months ago
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- Another legislative session kicks off in Montpelier next month. Vermont Public/VTDigger housing reporter Carly Berlin has a few policy points to look out for.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-12-12/in-review-flood-recovery-funds-immigration-series-new-citizens
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- Inside Trump's immigration crackdown and its human cost in Vermont
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- 5 months ago
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- This week’s conversation dives into how housing shortages, repeated flooding, and intensified immigration enforcement are reshaping lives across the state. From efforts to move housing to higher ground after devastating floods, to the unraveling and reimagining of transitional housing, to the human consequences of a dramatic increase in deportations and detentions, the episode traces how policy decisions ripple through communities. Amid fear, displacement, and uncertainty, the discussion also pauses on moments of resilience and hope, including new Vermonters taking the oath of U.S. citizenship, underscoring the stakes of this pivotal moment.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Carly Berlin - Vermont Public/VTDigger
Lucy Tompkins - Seven Days
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- Who painted the American Revolution? | 🧇 Sweet Ones
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- When you donate to Vermont Public by noon on Saturday (Dec. 13), you'll be entered to win two bottles of Vermont Public x Runamok Maple syrup. One for you, and one for a fellow public media fan.
Give today: https://www.pledgecart.org/home?campaign=96752507-C582-469C-A25A-E92C012A3E3A
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- 🧇 Vermont Public ponders the future of public media while tasting maple syrup | Sweet Ones
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- 5 months ago
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- 🧇 Sweet Ones is brought to you by viewers like you, and you, and you.
When you donate to Vermont Public by noon on Saturday (Dec. 13), you'll be entered to win two bottles of Vermont Public x Runamok Maple syrup. One for you, and one for a fellow public media fan.
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- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital projected to lose $14.5 million this year
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- 5 months ago
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- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced last week it's now projected to lose $14.5 million this fiscal year.
The news came as the hospital resubmitted its budget to state regulators, who rejected the hospital’s prior spending plan earlier this year on the grounds that its numbers didn’t add up.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-12-05/in-review-voter-information-lawsuit-property-tax-forecast-brattleboro-hospital-finances
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- Federal government sues Vermont for defying voter information request
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- 5 months ago
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- Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas faces a federal lawsuit for defying a Trump administration request to turn over personal voter information.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-12-05/in-review-voter-information-lawsuit-property-tax-forecast-brattleboro-hospital-finances
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- Vermont faces a federal lawsuit, tax hikes & a hospital in crisis: what’s really going on?
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- 5 months ago
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- In Vermont federal pressure over voter data triggers a rare lawsuit against the state, the absence of a U.S. attorney exposes new vulnerabilities in the courts, and fresh projections warn of a steep jump in property taxes. At the same time, some local electric utilities face mounting financial stress, and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital confronts a multimillion-dollar deficit with leadership in flux.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Howard Weiss-Tisman - Vermont Public
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Colin Flanders - Seven Days
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- This dog sings along to NPR's 'Morning Edition' theme
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- 🎤 With a voice this good, we can't help but pass the mic.
If you have a pet in your life who loves Vermont Public, consider making a donation in their honor during our December membership drive.
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