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Follow VPR's statehouse coverage, featuring Pete Hirschfeld and Bob Kinzel in our Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.

Economic Policy 'Not Firing On All Cylinders'

Angela Evancie
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VPR
Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott, left, with Governor Peter Shumlin, after the governor delivered his inaugural address on Jan. 8..

As legislators get down to business in Montpelier, a big priority for Lt. Gov. Phil Scott is business itself. Namely, what the business community says would help it thrive in the coming year.  In his inaugural address on Jan. 8, Scott said Vermont "economic policies are not firing on all cylinders" and that the Legislature should make the economy and workforce its top priority.

On the next Vermont Edition, we talk policy and politics with Scott, including what he calls the state's "affordability crisis."

Also in the program, why Vermont is easy pickings for would-be embezzlers. For the third time in six years, an annual report has named Vermont the state most at risk for major embezzlement cases. Chris Marquet of Marquet International, an investigative security consulting firm, discusses Vermont's standing in their report. 
 

Broadcast live on Tues., Jan. 13 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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