Here are the big bills that passed in Montpelier this year

By Mikaela Lefrak,

Tedra Meyer

Published May 12, 2023 at 11:57 AM EDT

The statehouse in Montpelier with spring flowers — This hour, Vermont Edition hears from political reporters on the biggest bills in the Statehouse this year.

Abortion care, greenhouse gas emissions, and gun laws. These are just some of the major issues Vermont lawmakers have been working to address this legislative session.

This hour, we look at what new laws are now in place and what’s been left on the cutting room floor.

Our guests:

Calvin Cutler, political reporter at WCAX
Lola Duffort, political reporter at VTDigger
Peter Hirschfeld, political reporter at Vermont Public

Broadcast at noon Monday, May 15, 2023; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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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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Tedra Meyer

Tedra joined Vermont Public as a producer for Vermont Edition in January 2022. Before moving to Vermont, she was a journalist in New York City for 20 years. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.

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