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

Tax-And-Regulate, Minimum Wage, Tax Code: What's Driving The Rest Of The Legislative Session

The Vermont Statehouse.
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We're talking about what's been accomplished and what's still to come this legislative session.

Lawmakers will return to the State House next week for the second half of the legislative session to consider a number of issues, including a tax-and-regulate marijuana plan, paid family leave, raising the state minimum wage and changes to Vermont's tax structure.

We're talking about these and other legislative issues with:

Broadcast live on Friday, March 8, 2019 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 — longer than any continuously serving member of the Legislature. With his wealth of institutional knowledge, he answers your questions on our series, "Ask Bob."
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