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How Well Is The State Budgeting For Infrastructure And Services?

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A new report from the Public Assets Institute looks at how well the state is funding services and infrastructure.

What services should the state be funding and what elements of our infrastructure can we not afford to ignore? They're big questions with a lot of different answers.

The Public Assets Institute has recently issued a report with thoughts on where we're falling behind and what our priorities should be.

Here's a link to the report.

We speak with Stephanie Yu and Jack Hoffman of the Public Assets Institute about their findings.

Also on the program, there's been talk of foreign groups hacking into election computer systems, possibly altering the results in November's election. Secretary of State Jim Condos discusses the probability of that happening in Vermont.

Broadcast live on Friday, September 16, 2016 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 — longer than any continuously serving member of the Legislature. With his wealth of institutional knowledge, he answers your questions on our series, "Ask Bob."
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