Vermont’s congressional delegation was heard from in Washington this week. In the House, Congresswoman Becca Balint proposed an ambitious plan to build more housing. And in the Senate, Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch made a lonely stand against sending more money to Israel.
In Montpelier, lawmakers tried to rush through a last minute fix to an education spending disaster. But no one knows if it will work. Gov. Phil Scott wants more focus on public safety, and some Democrats want more taxes on the wealthy.
Meanwhile, sports gamblers are breaking financial projections, and a Franklin County hero has broken her own record. All that and more ahead on Vermont This Week.
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This week’s panel
- Mark Davis (Moderator), Vermont Public
- Abagael Giles Vermont Public
- Derek Brouwer, Seven Days
- Erin Petenko, VTDigger
Dive deeper
- Vt. lawmakers push fast-track fix to avert property tax spike (WCAX)
- Welch and Sanders vote against aid package to Ukraine and Israel (WCAX)
- Proposal for reining in Vermont’s motel housing costs creates uncertainty, anxiety (VTDigger/Vermont Public)
- Central Vt. lawmakers grill state forest officials on proposed timber harvests in Worcester Range (Vermont Public)
- The Fight for Decker Towers: Drug Users and Homeless People Have Overrun a Low-Income High-Rise. Residents Are Gearing Up to Evict Them. (Seven Days)
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