Stephanie Colombini
News EditorStephanie Colombini joined Vermont Public in 2025 as News Editor after more than a decade working in public radio. She previously worked at WUSF in Tampa, Florida, where she won dozens of state and national awards reporting on health care, hurricanes and other issues. She also contributed stories for NPR and KFF Health News as part of a national reporting collaborative. Colombini has also worked as an editor, producer and host. She hails from New York and spent her early journalism years working at WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York City and WFUV, based at her alma mater Fordham University.
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In today's episode, An update on the a trial for the man accused of shooting three Palestinian students two years ago in Burlington, a book delves into the history of blackface and minstrelsy and its ties to Vermont, a new head basketball coach at UVM, how to lessen bear encounters while camping in New Hampshire and more. -
In today's episode, Vermont lawmakers weigh a proposal to curb school spending, a longtime house representative announces her resignation andmembers of the ski industry say they’re worried about climate change. Plus, a podcast for curious kids turns 10.
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On today’s podcast, we’ll learn more about another Windham County town voting to close its school, why more trees are dying in the Northeast and some changes to the Universityof Vermont men’s basketball team.
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In this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, the latest from Montpelier from Vermont Public’s Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld on how lawmakers are second-guessing a new healthcare reform law enacted last year.
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In today’s episode, The Vermont Senate has advanced legislation that's designed to help strengthen the state's mental health system, and the Town of Fairfax’s sewer and water departments are weathering some challenges, plus we’ll share some local music!
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In today’s episode, Why Vermont may be leaving federal money to help house people with medical needs on the table, a key House panel is set to review cannabis legislation the state Senate passed last month, some of the contract demands from the World Cup soccer tournament may have influenced Montreal to bow out as a host city, a Vermont’s poet laureate during Poetry Month.
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In today’s episode, Drivers feel the strain of the War in Iran when filling up at the gas pump, and how some farmers in Vermont are experimenting with productive ways to use the land beneath solar panels.
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In today’s episode, How House lawmakers have abandoned a central component of their historic education reform law, some bitter news about some Quebec maple syrup and a local sheep shearer travels to work at a farm in Barnet.
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In today’s episode, an update to telehealth services; recognition for Middlebury College’s student newspaper; the ever-popular topic of taxes; and Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law.
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In this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, Vermont Public’s Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld discuss signs of progress on education reform.
