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Voices In The Week’s News: January 6, 2012
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We listen back to some of the voices in the news this week.Vermont Edition
Reporters’ Roundtable On The 2012 Legislature
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Our reporters’ roundtable looks ahead at the key issues that the 2012 state legislature will take up over the next few months and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Statehouse Environmental Agenda
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with reporter John Dillon about several environmental bills that passed the legislature, a few that didn’t make it through.Vermont Edition
Legislative Update From House Speaker Shap Smith
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House Speaker Shap Smith provides an outlook on the budget, the tax bill and the governor’s health care bill. Also, Congressman Peter Welch discusses the causes of and solutions for rising gas prices.Vermont Edition
GOP Lawmakers Review Legislative Session So Far
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Democrats are in the majority in the Vermont House and Senate – and that’s a scenario that makes Republican lawmakers work even harder to shape the key bills being debated at the Statehouse.Vermont Edition
House Speaker Smith
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A number of high-profile bills will be emerging from committee in the Vermont House in the coming weeks, and House Speaker Shap Smith discusses them and takes your questions on Vermont Edition.VPR News
Shumlin Budget Address Focuses On Health Care Reform
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Governor Peter Shumlin delivered his first budget address to the legislature this afternoon. He described his message as "sobering but necessary".VPR News
Reporters’ Roundtable On The Legislature
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel, reporter John Dillon, WCAX Senior Political reporter Kristin Carlson and Louis Porter of the Vermont Press Bureau take an overall look back at the recent legislative sessionVPR News
