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Immigrant SNAP cuts
The impact being felt among immigrants, refugees, and people granted asylum in Vermont since the federal government cut off their supplemental nutrition benefits this month. Plus, a former Addison County Sheriff gets two years probation after pleading guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct and simple assault, St. Albans officials set up a tip line to collect information about a foul smell coming from a milk processing plant, why the Green Mountain Club wants Long Trail hikers to use a detour along the Winooski River in Bolton this month, and it’s been confirmed that state senator Sam Douglass has officially resigned after his participation in a racist and antisemitic text group chat was made public.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
Stephanie 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.