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Follow VPR's statehouse coverage, featuring Pete Hirschfeld and Bob Kinzel in our Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.

As Unusual September Session Begins, Lawmakers Juggle Pandemic Priorities

Miniature Vermont and U.S. flags sit on a desk in a otherwise empty House Chamber of the Vermont statehouse.
Matthew Smith
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Lawmakers return to work (but not to meeting in-person at the statehouse) for an unusual September session to address, among other issues, the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing state lawmakers back to work earlu, meeting this month in an unusual September session to debate the state budget, Act 250 reform, a tax and regulate marijuana plan and additional funding for the Vermont State Colleges. This hour, a roundtable of Vermont reporters looks at the issues in front of the legislature.

Our guests are:

Broadcast live on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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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."
Lydia worked for Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS from 2019 until 2022.
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