Cassandra Gekas, challenger for Lieutenant Governor, outlines her plans
for health care and other issues, we get an update on campaign finances and listen back to the voices in the
news.
In New Hampshire, a Strafford County judge is hearing from advocacy groups suing the state
over a new law that effectively blocks out-of-state students from voting there.
Vermont’s elections director says she and her boss, Secretary
of State Jim Condos, will push lawmakers in their upcoming session to move Vermont’s state-office primary from late August to May or
June.
Governor
Peter Shumlin has passed the million-dollar mark in campaign fundraising. In
the last month Shumlin has raised more than two and a half times as much as his
Republican rival, State Senator Randy Brock.
Political debate season is getting under way. But do debates give voters
enough information to make informed decisions? Alfred Snider is a
debate expert and professor of forensics at UVM, and he says the answer
is yes.
We’ll look at the primary races underway for
Republicans and Democrats hoping to claim the governor’s seat; a Vermont homebrew is served at Patriots’ home games this fall; and a flash mob in Barre honors Teddy Roosevelt.