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Vermont Edition

How did Vermonters vote? Recapping Vermont's Town Meeting Day 2023

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Matthew F Smith
Published March 7, 2023 at 1:01 PM EST
lawn signs for and against a town meeting article in Brattleboro stand in dull winter-brown lawn in front of a single-story American Legion brick building, with sign-holders facing away from the camera waving their posters toward voters in a nearby parking lot
Howard Weiss-Tisman
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Vermont Public
Brattleboro is one of three Vermont municipalities considering ballot measures limiting "no cause" evictions on Town Meeting Day. The question, also being considered in Essex and Winooski, is a response to Vermont’s ongoing housing crisis.

For many Vermont communities, their 2023 Town Meetings have now passed. So, how did Vermonters vote on budgets, ballot items and other big-ticket local issues? We'll get a recap of major Town Meeting take-aways.

Our guest is:

Broadcast live on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Vermont Edition Town Meeting DayGovernment & PoliticsVermont Edition
Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak joined Vermont Public in 2021 as co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Matthew F Smith
Originally from Delaware, Matt moved to Alaska in 2010 for his first job in radio. He spent five years working as a radio and television reporter, radio producer, talk show host, and news director. His reporting received awards from the Alaska Press Club and the Alaska Broadcasters Association. Relocating to southwest Florida, he was a producer for television news and NPR member station WGCU for their daily radio show, Gulf Coast Live. He joined Vermont Public in October 2017 as producer of Vermont Edition.
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