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

As Budget Tensions Linger, A Look At Where Lawmakers And The Scott Administration Disagree

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,
Matthew F Smith
Published April 27, 2018 at 4:50 PM EDT
Gov. Phil Scott and legislative leaders are still at odds over key budget issues, including an estimated $58 million needed for education funding.
Jeb Wallace-Brodeur
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Times Argus
Gov. Phil Scott and legislative leaders are still at odds over key budget issues, including an estimated $58 million needed for education funding.

Lawmakers are working on finalizing a budget in the closing weeks of the legislative session, but key disagreements on school funding and other programs have yet to be resolved. We're looking at how the state budget is taking shape and where lawmakers and Gov. Scott's administration disagree.

Could the State House face a veto session showdown? After some of the Gov. Scott's initiatives were  eliminated in a recent Senate budget draft, is there a way to move forward to find common ground?

Senate President Tim Ashe and Agency of Administration Secretray Susanne Young join Vermont Edition? to talk about an estimated $58 million funding gap in education spending, proposed tax penalties for staff-heavy schools and other points of contention in the evolving budget plan.

Broadcast live on Monday, April 30, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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Mitch Wertlieb
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.
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Matthew F Smith
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.
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