The Frequency is Vermont Public's daily news podcast. Get up to speed on what's happening in Vermont, in under 15 minutes. Available every weekday morning by 6 a.m.
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Should I stay or should I go?
A young Vermonter debates whether to leave the state after graduation and a dispatch from the annual state surplus auction. Plus, Vermont’s unemployment rate ticks up slightly in April, federal immigration authorities arrest at least four people on their way home from their landscaping jobs in Vermont, investigators determine the cause of a plane crash in Manchester this winter, and runners prepare for the Burlington marathon this weekend.
Liam is Vermont Public’s public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system. <a href="mailto:liam.elderconnors@vermontpublic.org" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000177-ab2e-d2dd-abff-eb6ea2110000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1742216636638,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000186-5fe4-d0fb-afde-5ff5517d0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1742216636638,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000186-5fe4-d0fb-afde-5ff5517d0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"Email Liam.","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"mailto:liam.elderconnors@vermontpublic.org","_id":"00000195-a433-d312-a397-ae73fd870000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000195-a433-d312-a397-ae73fce50000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">Email Liam.</a>
Mark Davis has spent more than a decade working as a reporter in Vermont, focusing on both daily and long-form stories. Prior joining Vermont Public as assistant news director, he worked for five years at Seven Days, the alt-weekly in Burlington, where he won national awards for his criminal justice reporting. Before that, he spent nine years at the Valley News, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the criminal justice system, Topical Storm Irene, and other topics. He has also served as a producer and editor for the Rumblestrip podcast. He graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.