Peter Hirschfeld
ReporterHelp shape my reporting:
The Vermont Statehouse is often called the people’s house. I am your eyes and ears there. I keep a close eye on how legislation could affect your life; I also regularly speak to the people who write that legislation. The more I hear from you, the better I’ll be at my job. So, what issues do you want lawmakers to focus on? What info do you most urgently need?
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About Peter:
Peter Hirschfeld covers state government and the Vermont Legislature. He is based in Vermont Public’s Capital Bureau located across the street from Vermont’s Statehouse.
Hirschfeld is a Vermont journalist who has covered the Statehouse since 2009, most recently as bureau chief for the Rutland Herald and Times Argus. He began his career in 2003, working as a local sports reporter and copy editor at the Times Argus.
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Nike has its swoosh. McDonald’s, its golden arches. But what would Vermont’s signature brand mark look like? The state’s tourism department is working to figure that out. -
Vermont's Republican governor told the U.S. attorney general that, contrary to her assertion, the state doesn't have any laws that impede federal immigration enforcement. -
The Pentagon asked Vermont's Republican governor to send a "few dozen" soldiers to assist in President Donald Trump's controversial crime crackdown, according to Scott's chief of staff. -
Business owners say they're hearing less French and seeing fewer visitors from across the border. State data backs up their observations. -
Gov. Phil Scott’s political rivals are seizing on the decision, which they say flies in the face of the legal opinion of Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. -
As other states mount a legal challenge to the Trump administration's demand for residents' personal data, the Scott administration has voluntarily handed over the names, dates of birth, social security numbers and addresses of Vermonters receiving federal nutrition assistance benefits. -
Vermont lawmakers heard contradictory testimony Thursday as they begin the process of determining what role state government will play in addressing federal cuts to key human services programs. -
The U.S. Department of Defense was seeking 12 Guard members to assist with administrative, logistical and clerical duties inside federal immigration detention facilities, according to a governor’s aide, who added that the governor’s denial was “divorced” from politics. -
At a rare in-person press conference in Burlington Monday morning, Sanders said his office estimates that 45,000 Vermonters will lose health coverage as a result of Medicaid cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill" approved by Congress earlier this month. -
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, supplies the vast majority of food aid in Vermont, where about 65,000 residents received $155 million in benefits last year.
