The Vermont senate advances a bill to reform the state’s homelessness policies; Advocates for foster youth in Vermont say the Department for Children and Families should not be taking a portion of their federal benefits to pay for the cost of foster care; A Vermont man held at a private prison in Mississippi died while being held in segregation;the regional grocery chain Healthy Living is challenging a vote by workers to unionize; the defending USL-2 champions Vermont Green FC play their home opener against Albany tonight; Plus…a woman talks about the bonds she formed caring for Jersey cows on her farm.

The House narrowly nixes a bill that would have disallowed federal immigration officials from masking their faces; a mental health facility in Randolph is closing its residential facility; Williston voters go back to the polls to overturn a previously passed library renovation; an Afghan refugee who’d been living in Boston is now opening a restaurant in Brattleboro; the women’s Vermont Green FC ran to a scoreless draw against Hartford in its inaugural full season game; Plus…how to be true to yourself and be accepted by loved ones as part of our series of communal live storytelling events in Brattleboro.

Republican Governor Phil Scott declines to say whether he’ll run for reelection this year; five Vermonters have come down with salmonella poisoning linked to backyard poultry; Vermont’s memory cafes are providing safe spaces for people with dementia and their caregivers; the Montreal Canadiens move on to the NHL’s eastern conference finals while the PWHL’s Montreal Victoire still need one more victory to secure the Walter Cup; Plus…a woman finds community and a way to help overcome addiction through a communal singing event in Brattleboro.

Towns across Vermont are making hard choices about how much money they have to invest in their recreation areas; it could cost you more to visit certain Vermont State Parks under a new proposal; and research investigating genetic sequences that contribute to some people getting long-term complications from Lyme disease. Plus…a new indoor practice facility for little leaguers in Bennington.

Work is underway to build a cabin on national forest land in Rutland County and there’s a legal challenge against a planned transmission line in New Hampshire that New England electric customers will pay for; a local college is launching a new EMS degree program.

In this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, Vermont Public reporters Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld break down a high-stakes fight over mandatory consolidation.