Episodes

  • Before the point of no return

    Before the point of no return
    Nov 27 2024
    A look back at this year’s successful use of chicanes in the Notch, and a preview of what property taxes will look like next year. Plus, Vermonters should prepare for snow on Thanksgiving, the Scott administration is taking advantage of federal funds before Trump is back in the White House, Gov. Phil Scott is making interim Education Secretary Zoie Saunders’s position permanent, Sen. Peter Welch is trying to overturn a plan by the Biden administration to cut Medicare reimbursement rates and a man accused of orchestrating a scheme to harass and intimidate two New Hampshire Public Radio journalists was sentenced to more than three years in prison.
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    18 mins
  • Family secrets

    Family secrets
    Nov 26 2024
    A biological discovery brings two women together. Plus, cold weather will bring changes to Vermont’s motel housing program, there’s been an uptick in requests for contraceptive and gender-affirming care since the election, Vermont's unemployment rate rose slightly last month, workers seeking disaster unemployment benefits from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after July’s floods have less than a week to apply, Monkton has a new town forest and Middlebury College field hockey clinches another Division III NCAA Championship.
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    14 mins
  • Carrying on the carillon

    Carrying on the carillon
    Nov 25 2024
    Meet the 89-year-old who’s played Middlebury Chapel’s carillon bells for nearly four decades. Plus, today is the last day Vermonters affected by this summer’s floods can apply for federal disaster assistance, the latest statewide survey of high school students has intensified concerns about youth mental health, a poll finds most Vermonters think an income-based system would be a better way to pay for schools, the state is developing a training system for dispensary employees for when they start selling higher-potency products, Sen. Peter Welch introduced bills reinstating UNRWA funding and expanding protections for people in Customs and Border Protection custody, a Superior Court judge ruled that Burlington has broad authority to regulate short-term rentals and Killington Resort is greenlit to host World Cup races later this month.
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    13 mins
  • Like a priest and a bartender

    Like a priest and a bartender
    Nov 22 2024
    Erica Heilman stops in at Kellogg Hubbard Library to learn about the role it plays in the community. Plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ congressional efforts to block offensive weapons from going to Israel have failed, the Vermont Community Broadband Board is prepping for the incoming Trump administration, staff and patients are protesting cuts proposed by UVM Health Network, Vermonters have less than one week to apply for disaster assistance from FEMA for the July 2024 storms, four Vermont counties are experiencing drought conditions and Vermont Olympic medalist Ilona Maher has made the finals in “Dancing with the Stars.”
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    12 mins
  • Affordability for the majority

    Affordability for the majority
    Nov 21 2024
    After a rough Election Day showing for Vermont Democrats, new state Senate majority leader Kesha Ram Hinsdale shares how her party will approach the upcoming legislative session. Plus, a Putney affordable housing development is moving forward, Vermont’s attorney general will not prosecute a state trooper who fatally shot a man in Orange this summer, Gov. Phil Scott will ask Democratic lawmakers to dial back statutory emissions-reduction mandates, a new program in Williston will offer mental health support through peer respite, and people have until Dec. 7th to adjust their Medicare coverage after three popular plans are no longer available in Vermont.
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    13 mins
  • Eye in the sky

    Eye in the sky
    Nov 20 2024
    Police use of aerial drones is on the rise in Vermont, despite some privacy concerns. Plus, local advocacy groups are holding events for the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Burlington police Chief Jon Murad will not seek reappointment in 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced plans to reduce hours at multiple ports of entry in Vermont, local farms and small businesses are getting federal funding to cut climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, and the University of Vermont men's soccer team is going to the NCAA tournament for the fourth consecutive time.
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    13 mins
  • Immigration under Trump

    Immigration under Trump
    Nov 19 2024
    How dairy farmworkers in Vermont could be impacted by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Plus, Senate Democrats have a new leader and are pledging property tax reform will be top of the agenda when lawmakers return to Montpelier in January, Burlington's police union says it plans to push back against increased civilian oversight of the department, a 99-room hotel gets the greenlight in Rutland, Vermont’s largest telecommunications company may soon have a new owner and a burn ban for southern Vermont is extended.
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    12 mins
  • A different approach

    A different approach
    Nov 18 2024
    A methadone van to help treat people addicted to opioids debuts in western Massachusetts. Plus, police investigate a double homicide in Montpelier, the National Labor Relations Board rules against a Colchester company that fired four employees after they created a salary transparency document, Beta Technologies conducts its first successful flight of a plane built entirely in South Burlington, a new report says Vermont isn’t ready for a statewide program that uses psychedelics for mental health treatment, and authorities warn about a scam telling people they have to pay for missing a court subpoena.
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    9 mins