Vermont Public
Holding the landline
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- Holding the landline
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- 7 months ago
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- How a grassroots organization in New England is encouraging parents to get a traditional landline telephone for young children instead of a cell phone. Plus, the school board in Danville reluctantly agrees to hold a special election on whether to close the town high school, a new policy prioritizing daycare for employees of Mount Snow in Dover has some parents who don’t work at the resort scrambling for alternatives, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at UVM later this month, and Rutland's mayor celebrates the passage of a new multimillion dollar infrastructure bond.
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- ICE plans to bolster national digital surveillance from Williston office
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- 7 months ago
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- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use one of its Williston offices to bolster its national digital surveillance capabilities, VTDigger's Shaun Robinson reported last week.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-10-10/in-review-rural-schools-ice-medicare-change
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- Curious Kids Day at Vermont Public | Nov. 8 | 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
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- 7 months ago
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- Bring the whole family for a day of music, fun, and curiosity with Vermont Public and Find and Go Seek.
TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curious-kids-day-at-vermont-public-tickets-1753630288399?aff=oddtdtcreator
❓ Join us for a live taping of But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids with host Jane Lindholm and musicians from the VSO.
👋 Say hello to Clifford the Big Red Dog and Carl the Collector from PBS KIDS.
🎺 Explore the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s instrument petting zoo, and dance your heart out at a classical music dance party.
🎨 Get creative with crafts and hands-on activities, and enjoy a welcoming sensory-friendly room designed for all kids to feel comfortable.
🍩 Enjoy milk, coffee and donuts courtesy of Stewarts Shops.
🎉 It’s a celebration of music and imagination—made just for families.
🎫 We have three timeslots, be sure to reserve your tickets fo...
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- Vermont school officials brace for impact of sweeping education reform
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- 7 months ago
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- Sweeping education reform efforts underway in Montpelier have school officials — particularly at small, rural schools — bracing for impact.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-10-10/in-review-rural-schools-ice-medicare-change
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- Vermont schools face uncertainty as the state prepares to overhaul its education system
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- 7 months ago
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- Sweeping education reform efforts underway in Montpelier have school officials bracing for impact. Plus, ICE plans to increase surveillance work in Vermont. And big changes this year to the state’s Medicare Advantage market.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Alison Novak - Seven Days
Shaun Robinson - VTDigger
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- Extreme drought conditions continue across Vermont
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- 7 months ago
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- Dirt looks like dust, tree leaves are crackly and brown, and sections of Lake Champlain have transformed into sandbars. Nearly all of Vermont is in the midst of a severe to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-10-06/drought-fire-risk-reporter-saw-firsthand-green-mountain-national-forest
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- A closer look at Vermont's school voucher program
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- 7 months ago
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- A Vermont Public analysis sheds some light on how equitable the state’s school voucher program is. Plus, the federal government shutdown is affecting a key way Medicare recipients access their healthcare providers, local union leaders prepare for a first-of-its-kind conference this month, Brattleboro police warn families to look out for deceptive bags that could contain fentanyl, a singer from the region is on this year’s season of The Voice, and a concert this weekend honors the works of a 12th century prolific composer and mystic.
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- Birds to look out for this fall migration season
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- 7 months ago
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- Birds to look out for this fall migration season
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- Vermont has spent nearly $790 million on housing since 2020. What has it built?
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- 7 months ago
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- Vermont leaders funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into affordable housing development after the pandemic, when the state's long-simmering housing crunch reached a boiling point.
The grand total: Nearly $790 million.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-09-18/vermont-poured-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-into-housing-during-the-pandemic-what-has-it-built
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- The state of the labor movement in Vermont
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- 7 months ago
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- After nearly two weeks on the picket line, St. Albans dairy processors have signed a new contract (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-10-07/st-albans-dairy-workers-ratify-a-contract-ending-strike) with their employer, Dairy Farmers of America, based in Kansas. The St. Albans plant processes Vermont milk for vendors like Ben and Jerry’s, Cabot, and Kate’s Butter. We speak with Curtis Clough, president of Vermont Teamsters Local 597 union, tells us about the negotiations, strike and return to work.
About one in ten workers (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf) in the United States is part of a union. That's not a lot, if you're comparing it to the height of union membership in the 1950s (https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/labor-unions-and-the-us-economy) . One third of the American workforce used to be unionized.
In the northeast, the most prominent unions have changed along with the economy. Labor organi...
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- Upper Valley drought
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- 7 months ago
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- Checking in with farmers in the Upper Valley where the recent drought conditions affecting the whole state have been especially harsh. Plus, workers end their strike at a St. Albans dairy plant after ratifying a contract with their employer, Rutland voters approve a nearly $4 million infrastructure bond, Rhode Island’s largest labor union files a lawsuit against the Trump administration for scrapping a program that would have helped low-income families in Vermont install solar panels, and Sen. Welch says Democrats will continue to vote against stop-gap funding bills until Republicans agree to extend set-to-expire tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans.
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- Winter shelters
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- 7 months ago
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- Homeless shelter operators are scrambling to get their centers ready before winter sets in. Plus, Vermont’s Treasurer says strong cash reserves should help the most critical state programs weather the current federal government shutdown, an Addison County resident who’s lived in Vermont for about 20 years and applied for asylum in 2017 has avoided deportation for the time being, the state’s largest health insurer names a new CEO for next year, and the Vermont Green women’s soccer club is set to compete in the pre-professional women’s league next season if two more clubs join the new northeast division.
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- How to prepare your fig tree for the winter | All Things Gardening
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- 7 months ago
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- Fig trees are pretty resilient, but you'll want to make sure you store them properly through the winter. Gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi has some tips.
Read more from All Things Gardening: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/all-things-gardening
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- Sen. Welch on the shutdown: 'The political system is not working.'
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- 7 months ago
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- The federal government shutdown is entering its second week. Democrats say they’ll hold the line until health insurance subsidies are renewed.
Today on Vermont Edition, Senator Peter Welch will share his perspective on the negotiations underway on Capitol Hill and why Democrats picked this moment to fight. Senator Welch says it’s because millions of Americans could see their health insurance premiums double next year.
Then, most of Vermont is experiencing severe to extreme drought. State leaders are asking for federal aid for farms. We’ll hear what it’s been like for two farmers, one in West Corinth and the other in Orwell. Plus, a state forester will explain how drought affects fall foliage and forest fire risk.
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- The office
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- 7 months ago
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- A conversation with Gov. Phil Scott about health care, housing, and why he wants state employees back in the office more often. Plus, Vermont’s capital city gets its first year-round homeless shelter, a Lake Champlain fishing spot will be closed temporarily to help salmon spawning in the region, tips for keeping New England’s migrating birds from flying into windows, and free donuts will be available for Rutland County students if they can recite the preamble to the U.S. Constitution by memory.
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- 'It's an equity issue': Gov. Phil Scott defends his return-to-office order
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- 7 months ago
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- 'It's an equity issue': Gov. Phil Scott defends his return-to-office order
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- These goats mow the lawn at Jay Peak Resort
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- 7 months ago
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- Every fall, ski areas across Vermont have to brush hog and weed whack their slopes to clear them of shrubs and grass for ski season.
Now, some mountains are experimenting with a different kind of mower: goats and sheep.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-10-06/goats-ski-trails-potential-climate-solution-slopes-jay-peak
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- It’s goat time
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- 7 months ago
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- A visit to Jay Peak ski resort to see how goats are being used to clear weeds and shrubs from the slopes. Plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders implores Democrats to be prepared for a prolonged federal government shutdown unless Republicans agree to extend health care subsidies in the Affordable Care Act, Dartmouth College is among a new group of higher education schools being asked to commit to President Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money, Gov. Scott appoints a former federal prosecutor to fill a judicial vacancy on the Vermont Superior Court, and a new Dartmouth study reveals whether dog or cat owners are more likely to donate to charities.
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- A decade later, Burlington’s downtown mall redevelopment opens
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- 7 months ago
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- After more than a decade of delays, the redevelopment of Burlington’s downtown mall is nearing completion. While market rate apartments are opening up this month, affordable units required by a Burlington city ordinance are still on the way.
Watch: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-10-03/in-review-bias-free-policing-shutdown-impacts-burlington-square
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- What does the fruit of a pawpaw tree taste like?
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- 7 months ago
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- What does the fruit of a pawpaw tree taste like? Gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi compares it to a banana or pineapple with a hint of vanilla.
Read more from All Things Gardening: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/all-things-gardening
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- How might the federal government shutdown impact Vermonters?
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- 7 months ago
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- How might the federal government shutdown impact Vermonters? Vermont Public's Peter Hirschfeld and WCAX's Calvin Cutler break it down.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-10-03/in-review-bias-free-policing-shutdown-impacts-burlington-square
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- Is Vermont still committed to bias-free policing work?
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- 7 months ago
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- The firing of a public safety official sows doubts about the future of Vermont's bias-free policing work. Plus, how the federal government shutdown is impacting Vermonters. And after more than a decade of delays and turmoil, the redevelopment of Burlington’s downtown mall is nearing completion.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
Courtney Lamdin - Seven Days
Calvin Cutler - WCAX
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- How do you pronounce Charlotte, Vermont?
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- 7 months ago
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- "If you're from Vermont, you know that 'Charlotte' is how it's pronounced."
Thanks to Amie Laberge, Patrick Boynton, Sarah Reis, Margaret Woodruff and Ursula Lovell for showing us around Charlotte.
Which town should Brave Little State visit next?
Video by David Littlefield/Vermont Public
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- Take a leaf-peeping road trip
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- 7 months ago
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- Discover some of Vermont Public staff’s favorite fall foliage drives. Plus, Private insurers pull out of Vermont’s Medicare Advantage market, the Scott Administration asks the USDA for a statewide disaster declaration because of ongoing drought, how a helicopter can help the state respond to potential wildfires, and Vermont plans to add more short-term homeless shelters this winter.
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- Vermonters keep Sacred Harp singing tradition alive
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- 7 months ago
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- The New England Sacred Harp Convention is coming up in Burlington on October 4 and 5. Singers joined Vermont Edition this afternoon to share the history and culture of Sacred Harp, and why it still feels relevant and resonant today.
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- Sacred Harp singing will echo through Burlington City Hall
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- 7 months ago
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- The New England Sacred Harp Convention (https://www.facebook.com/events/contois-auditorium-in-burlingtons-city-hall/47th-annual-new-england-sacred-harp-convention/991126942948515/) is coming up in Burlington on Oct. 4th and 5th. Hundreds of singers will come together to celebrate one of the country’s oldest Christian music traditions.
But Sacred Harp goes beyond Christianity — all are welcome to sing. And this year, sacred harp aficionados are celebrating a brand new edition of their songbook (https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/nx-s1-5442403/a-book-of-religious-tunes-first-printed-in-1844-is-getting-an-upgrade) .
Anya Skibbe and Anna Mays share the history and culture of Sacred Harp, and why it still feels relevant and resonant today. They also demonstrate four songs from the new songbook, alongside Colleen Hayes, Sarah Galper Maika, Jim, Linda, and Dan Coppick, Nicandra Galper, and Sage Chase-Dempsey.
Broadcast live on Tue...
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- Teaming up to tackle floods
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- 7 months ago
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- How banding together could help towns reduce the impact of flooding in their communities. Plus, Vermont’s two U.S. senators say they will continue to vote against a Republican short term-funding bill without health care changes, the federal government shutdown comes as the Scott Administration says Vermont’s economy appears to be slowing, immigration advocates are speaking out after federal agents arrested nine construction workers in Hardwick last week, an appeals court weighs whether a judge was right to release Mohsen Mahdawi and Rumeysa Ozturk as their immigration cases play out and bow-hunting season started yesterday in Vermont.
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- New research examines the impact that lobbying has on healthcare
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- 7 months ago
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- Americans pay more for health care–as a nation and individually–than citizens of any other nation on earth, even as access to health insurance continues to dwindle. And as a state, Vermont's per-person health care spending and health insurance costs are among the highest in the country.
We delve into one of the reasons there’s so much sticker shock–the behind-the-scenes influence of lobbyists on health care legislation as we speak with UVM professor Alex Garlick about his new book Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes Health Care More Expensive.
Then, former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Amestoy has written a new legal thriller based on a murder trial in the Green Mountain State from the 1920’s. We hear about Winters’ Time: A Secret Pledge, a Severed Head, and the Murder That Brought America's Most Famous Lawyer to Vermont.
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- The well’s run dry
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- 8 months ago
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- Hundreds of wells in the state have run dry as Vermont’s drought persists. Plus, how the federal government shutdown could affect state services, racial justice advocates push back against the state’s decision to fire the head of Vermont’s Fair and Impartial Policing Office, Rutland city officials urge residents to approve a $3.9 million bond, a South Burlington electric aircraft start-up takes steps to go public, and a special helicopter readies to respond to potential wildfires in Vermont and New Hampshire.
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- Vermont towns try new 'situation table' model to coordinate social services
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- 8 months ago
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- Eight Vermont communities are piloting a model called the “situation table” to coordinate responses for people who might need multiple social services — like housing support, substance use treatment, or mental health treatment.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-09-22/towns-situation-table-model-tackle-crime-addiction-homelessness
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- Twelve hours at a park and ride with Brave Little State
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- 8 months ago
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- Ever drive past a park n ride full of cars and wonder, what happens there? What are all those people using that giant parking lot for? The team at Brave Little State recently spent 12 hours at the Richmond park and ride (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-09-11/twelve-hours-at-the-richmond-park-and-ride) , all to answer a listener's question.
The whole Brave Little State team — Josh Crane, Sabina Poux and Burgess Brown — shared some insights from their reporting.
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- House money
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- 8 months ago
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- A conversation with the head of Champlain Housing Trust on strategies for continuing affordable housing projects in a volatile market and with dwindling federal support. Plus, an unexpected million dollar donation allows a Brattleboro nonprofit to open a family shelter, a seventh incarcerated person in Vermont has died this year, employees go on strike at a St. Albans dairy plant, and the Nexstar media group returns the Jimmy Kimmel late night show to its ABC affiliate station in Vermont after refusing to air it for most of last week.
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- Vermont developers try to keep building houses, amid new tariffs and rising costs
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- 8 months ago
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- Vermont developers try to keep building houses, amid new tariffs and rising costs
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- SNAP cuts
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- 8 months ago
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- What upcoming changes to a federal supplemental nutrition program will mean for the tens of thousands of Vermonters who depend on it. Plus, solar panel installers rush to finish work ahead of a deadline that will end income tax credits for solar projects, Vermont and other states win a court battle over federal funding for projects that were made dependent on helping to enforce federal immigration law, Vermont’s cannabis industry has launched an initiative to get people to visit the state’s various dispensaries, and a Vermont State trooper avoids injury after a vehicle collision with a bear.
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- Vermont Public's Betty Smith once shared a bill with Janis Joplin
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- 8 months ago
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- "I was petrified. I don't think I said one word to her."
Vermont Public's Betty Smith once invited Janis Joplin and her band back to her apartment in Burlington after a concert at UVM. Then, they actually showed up.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-09-25/vermont-publics-betty-smith-celebrates-50-years-in-public-radio
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- Vermont approves plan for 80-acre solar farm in Shaftsbury
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- 8 months ago
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- Vermont regulators have approved plans for an 80-acre solar farm in Shaftsbury, despite fierce opposition from residents.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-09-26/in-review-lawmakers-israel-trip-towns-tackling-social-issues-shaftb
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- Vermont Public's Betty Smith reflects on 50 years in public radio
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- 8 months ago
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- Back in the early 1970s, a member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting told Vermont Public's founders that the only things listening to public radio in Vermont would be cows and chipmunks. (We're very glad they were wrong.)
Hear more stories from the early days of VPR from Betty Smith, who's celebrating 50 years with the station this year.
Listen: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-09-25/vermont-publics-betty-smith-celebrates-50-years-in-public-radio
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- Vermont lawmakers traveled to Israel amid mounting criticism of the country’s offensive in Gaza
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- 8 months ago
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- A bipartisan group of Vermont House lawmakers traveled to Israel last week on a four-day trip sponsored by the Jewish state as it faces growing criticism in America and abroad for its conduct in Gaza.
Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2025-09-26/in-review-lawmakers-israel-trip-towns-tackling-social-issues-shaftbury-solar-farm
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- Vermont lawmakers traveled to Israel amid mounting criticism of the country’s offensive in Gaza
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- 8 months ago
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- A bipartisan group of Vermont lawmakers traveled to Israel amid mounting criticism of the country’s offensive in Gaza. Plus, towns try a new model to tackle the overlapping issues of crime, addiction and homelessness. And a massive solar farm in Shaftsbury wins approval.
This week's panel:
Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator, Vermont Public
Lola Duffort - Vermont Public
Kevin McCallum - Seven Days
Liam Elder-Connors - Vermont Public
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- Pit start
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The redevelopment of Burlington’s downtown mall is nearing completion after more than a decade of delays and missteps. Plus, why it could become easier for the state’s cannabis dispensaries to advertise their products, even with recent rain Vermont is still in the throes of a drought, a former Newport employee who sued the city for being banned from public property agrees to a settlement, Champlain College students will gain access to semester-long programs abroad in a new partnership with Temple University, and we discuss the reversals of fortune for several Major League Baseball teams vying to make the playoffs with less than a handful of regular season games left in our weekly sports report.
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- Vermont Public's Betty Smith celebrates 50 years in public radio
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- 8 months ago
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- Betty Smith is known as Vermont Public’s founding mother. She’s been with the station since its very first day, and this year, she celebrates her 50th anniversary in public radio. She’ll tell us stories from the early days of VPR, when they weren’t sure the station would survive, and her thoughts on public media's future.
Then: a new film about the melting ice of Greenland features a University of Vermont professor.
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- Lake Champlain’s brush with ‘Great’-ness
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- 8 months ago
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- There are five Great Lakes: Superior, Ontario, Michigan, Huron and Erie. But for a few fleeting weeks in the late 1990s, Lake Champlain made six.
How did this happen? To answer that question from Erin Robbason of West Rutland, we pass the mic to our friends at Interlochen Public Radio and the podcast Point North (https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/points-north-1) for a story about Lake Champlain’s brief and controversial stint as the sixth Great Lake.
Find the web version of this story here (https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-09-25/a-good-not-great-lake-lake-champlains-short-stint-as-the-sixth-great-lake) .
This episode was reported and produced by Ruth Abramovitz and Dan Wanschura. It was edited by Morgan Springer. Additional editing from Dan Wanschura, Ellie Katz and Claire Keenan-Kurgan.
The Brave Little State team is Josh Crane, Sabine Poux and Burgess Brown. Our intern...
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- Mosquito vetting
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- 8 months ago
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- How an upstate New York community was able to access the resources needed to test for dangerous mosquito-borne diseases. Plus, a Scott administration push to get state employees into their work places more often gets support from Montpelier retailers, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns says many Vermont communities are experiencing a shortage of essential workers, state police reveal the name of a Burlington officer involved in a shooting incident, and Windham Southeast Supervisory Union bus drivers vote to ratify a new 5-year contract with their employer.
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- Lawmakers respond to controversial Israel trip
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- 8 months ago
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- Lawmakers respond to controversial Israel trip
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- Square tactics
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- 8 months ago
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- Visiting a square dancing club in Pittsford helping folks stay fit and push back against some of the negative effects of aging. Plus, a former assisted living facility in Rutland could be turned into transitional family housing, why the state’s education secretary wants to expand access to pre-kindergarten, Burlington Electric Department will temporarily increase rebates for electric vehicles starting next month, and Vermont’s senators urge the Trump administration to recognize an independent Palestinian state despite the President’s opposition.
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- School Stories: Vermont's stalled pre-K expansion
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- 8 months ago
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- It's the fourth installment of our annual fall series, School Stories. Every Tuesday this month, we’ve focused on issues related to Vermont schools. For this edition, we discuss pre-kindergarten.
In 2014, Vermont’s governor Peter Shumlin signed a universal pre-K bill into law. Thereafter, 3 and 4-year-olds could get free pre-K for 10 hours a week through their public school system, or through subsidy on tuition to a private or home-based childcare centers. We’re about a decade into the implementation of this law, and there have been some big wins. But the pre-K world in Vermont is far from some stable, done deal.
Our guests this hour are helping to shape the vision for pre-k education in Vermont. We're joined by Vermont Secretary of Education, Zoie Saunders, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, Janet McLaughlin, executive director of the nonprofit Building Bright Futures, Morgan Crossman, and Executive Director ...
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- Relation ship
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- 8 months ago
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- Government officials from Vermont and Quebec take a boat cruise together to talk about the strained relationship between the US and Canada following President Donald Trump’s election. Plus, both of Vermont’s senators call for congressional Republicans to restore health care subsidies that are set to expire at year’s end, state police will start an investigation into a shooting by a Burlington police officer, a new program in Vermont’s largest city pays people with criminal records and addiction to stop using drugs, and every Vermont county is now dealing with severe drought and high danger fire conditions.
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- Two programs help Vermonters with addiction and criminal history
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- 8 months ago
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- Some Vermont towns are adopting a new strategy to help people in crisis. It’s called situation tables.
We’ll learn about this initiative that’s underway from Bennington to Burlington. Police and social services groups come together for weekly meetings to help specific community members with housing, addiction and other stressors. We’ll hear from a Vermont Public reporter, and a retired police chief-turned-situation table trainer.
Then: some communities offer a program that pays repeat offenders not to do drugs. It’s funded with settlement money from opioid manufacturers. We’ll hear from a UVM psychiatrist who helped develop this controversial approach.
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- Why are Vermont's health insurance rates so high?
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- 8 months ago
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- "If your revenue model is dependent on really overcharging ill patients, you need a different revenue model."
Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, joined Vermont Edition last week to discuss the outsized cost of the state's health care system.
Read more: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2025-09-18/green-mountain-care-board-chair-says-some-hospital-leaders-earn-too-much
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- What's next for Vermont's healthcare system?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The leader of the state’s largest health network resigned, amid pressure from regulators and the public to rein in costs. Plus, a model to tackle overlapping problems like crime, addiction and homelessness is gaining popularity in some Vermont towns, Vermont health leaders say they're working to preserve access to vaccines in the state, the State attorney general's office determined a St Johnsbury cop was justified in firing his gun, Vermont state and healthcare leaders are applying for new federal grant money for the state’s struggling healthcare system, A Rutland doctor who identified the first polio epidemic in the country is honored with a statute and A Warren artist and animator was recently awarded with a Creative Arts Emmy.
