Episodes

More participation by Brookfield Properties was supposed to bring the $220 million development to a spring groundbreaking. What happened? VTDigger's Aidan Quigley explains.

More participation by Brookfield Properties was supposed to bring the $220 million development to a spring groundbreaking. What happened? VTDigger's Aidan Quigley explains.

More participation by Brookfield Properties was supposed to bring the $220 million development to a spring groundbreaking. What happened? VTDigger's Aidan Quigley explains.

A Vermont Supreme Court case and a wave of recent police investigations revolve around the use of body camera footage. All together, they reveal that bodycam use can raise more questions than it answers.

A Vermont Supreme Court case and a wave of recent police investigations revolve around the use of body camera footage. All together, they reveal that bodycam use can raise more questions than it answers.

A Vermont Supreme Court case and a wave of recent police investigations revolve around the use of body camera footage. All together, they reveal that bodycam use can raise more questions than it answers.

Schools across the state are ditching A-through-F report cards and letting students retake tests to emphasize learning over seat time. But each district’s interpretation of proficiency-based learning looks different. Guests: Mike McRaith (Montpelier High School), Kevin Coen (Springfield High School), Eva Jessup (U-32 Chronicle), Andrew Crompton (U-32 Chronicle), Elizabeth Hewitt (VTDigger/Hechinger Report)

Schools across the state are ditching A-through-F report cards and letting students retake tests to emphasize learning over seat time. But each district’s interpretation of proficiency-based learning looks different. Guests: Mike McRaith (Montpelier High School), Kevin Coen (Springfield High School), Eva Jessup (U-32 Chronicle), Andrew Crompton (U-32 Chronicle), Elizabeth Hewitt (VTDigger/Hechinger Report)

Schools across the state are ditching A-through-F report cards and letting students retake tests to emphasize learning over seat time. But each district’s interpretation of proficiency-based learning looks different. Guests: Mike McRaith (Montpelier High School), Kevin Coen (Springfield High School), Eva Jessup (U-32 Chronicle), Andrew Crompton (U-32 Chronicle), Elizabeth Hewitt (VTDigger/Hechinger Report)

“If we failed, we were going to fail history,” then-House Speaker Shap Smith says about the climactic vote in 2009 that legalized same-sex marriage in Vermont. Guests: Shap Smith, Beth Robinson (Vermont Supreme Court Justice), Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), Patti Komline (former representative, R-Dorset)

“If we failed, we were going to fail history,” then-House Speaker Shap Smith says about the climactic vote in 2009 that legalized same-sex marriage in Vermont. Guests: Shap Smith, Beth Robinson (Vermont Supreme Court Justice), Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), Patti Komline (former representative, R-Dorset)

“If we failed, we were going to fail history,” then-House Speaker Shap Smith says about the climactic vote in 2009 that legalized same-sex marriage in Vermont. Guests: Shap Smith, Beth Robinson (Vermont Supreme Court Justice), Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), Patti Komline (former representative, R-Dorset)

There’s no single reason for the $150 million the state has to pay each year, on average, until 2038. But the decision to ignore financial advice in the 1990s plays a major part. Guests: Sen. Jane Kitchel (Appropriations Committee), Beth Pearce (State Treasurer), Gov. Howard Dean, Gov. Jim Douglas, Colin Meyn (VTDigger)

There’s no single reason for the $150 million the state has to pay each year, on average, until 2038. But the decision to ignore financial advice in the 1990s plays a major part. Guests: Sen. Jane Kitchel (Appropriations Committee), Beth Pearce (State Treasurer), Gov. Howard Dean, Gov. Jim Douglas, Colin Meyn (VTDigger)

There’s no single reason for the $150 million the state has to pay each year, on average, until 2038. But the decision to ignore financial advice in the 1990s plays a major part. Guests: Sen. Jane Kitchel (Appropriations Committee), Beth Pearce (State Treasurer), Gov. Howard Dean, Gov. Jim Douglas, Colin Meyn (VTDigger)

Vermont lawmakers want to limit the involvement of large, out-of-state companies in a proposed retail marijuana market. But recent reporting by the Boston Globe shows that similar efforts in Massachusetts are falling short. Guests: Beth Healy, Boston Globe Spotlight team

Vermont lawmakers want to limit the involvement of large, out-of-state companies in a proposed retail marijuana market. But recent reporting by the Boston Globe shows that similar efforts in Massachusetts are falling short. Guests: Beth Healy, Boston Globe Spotlight team

Vermont lawmakers want to limit the involvement of large, out-of-state companies in a proposed retail marijuana market. But recent reporting by the Boston Globe shows that similar efforts in Massachusetts are falling short. Guests: Beth Healy, Boston Globe Spotlight team

As mayor of Denver and as a two-term governor, John Hickenlooper oversaw and managed a major period of sustained growth in Colorado. This month he announced he's running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. On Saturday he sat down at the Flynn Center in Burlington for a conversation with Jen Kimmich, the co-founder of The Alchemist brewery, about economic development, retail marijuana, the presidential race, and lots more.

As mayor of Denver and as a two-term governor, John Hickenlooper oversaw and managed a major period of sustained growth in Colorado. This month he announced he's running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. On Saturday he sat down at the Flynn Center in Burlington for a conversation with Jen Kimmich, the co-founder of The Alchemist brewery, about economic development, retail marijuana, the presidential race, and lots more.

As mayor of Denver and as a two-term governor, John Hickenlooper oversaw and managed a major period of sustained growth in Colorado. This month he announced he's running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. On Saturday he sat down at the Flynn Center in Burlington for a conversation with Jen Kimmich, the co-founder of The Alchemist brewery, about economic development, retail marijuana, the presidential race, and lots more.

State officials say mismanagement played a major role in Springfield Hospital's financial collapse. But broader trends are putting pressure on hospital finances across the state. Guests: Kevin Mullin (Green Mountain Care Board), Al Gobeille (Agency of Human Services), Mike Faher and Katy Savage (VTDigger)

State officials say mismanagement played a major role in Springfield Hospital's financial collapse. But broader trends are putting pressure on hospital finances across the state. Guests: Kevin Mullin (Green Mountain Care Board), Al Gobeille (Agency of Human Services), Mike Faher and Katy Savage (VTDigger)

State officials say mismanagement played a major role in Springfield Hospital's financial collapse. But broader trends are putting pressure on hospital finances across the state. Guests: Kevin Mullin (Green Mountain Care Board), Al Gobeille (Agency of Human Services), Mike Faher and Katy Savage (VTDigger)