Government & Politics

Vermont's top journalists join moderator Mitch Wertlieb to delve into the most important news stories of the week.

The Trump administration wants states to assume a bigger role in disaster response and recovery. The ambiguity over what that looks like has complicated the task of state officials trying to gird for the next catastrophe.

The tax cut bill prevents Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments and other federal grants.

After two years of catastrophic floods, towns are still figuring out how to protect their infrastructure.

For all the angst the topic of independent schools has generated, there has been little discussion about what the education reform legislation would actually do regarding the private schools that receive public money. But some of the new law’s provisions, which quietly came into effect last week, may surprise some of its critics.

Spending reductions in Medicaid and federal nutritional programs will be closely scrutinized.

Charity Clark said she thinks her Republican counterparts in other states will eventually join the fight in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

"My focus is the rule of law," Clark tells host Mitch Wertlieb in a special episode of Vermont This Week.

President Trump signed a massive tax and spending bill to implement much of his domestic agenda during a celebration for the Fourth of July.

Here are some highlights of what Vermont's politicians accomplished over the winter and spring, including major health care and education bills and a few others that may have flown under the radar.