Bob Kinzel
Senior ReporterCurious about the Vermont Legislature? Ask Bob.
Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 鈥� 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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About Bob:
Bob is a veteran Vermont journalist, specializing in political reporting. He is based in 开云体育鈥檚 Capital Bureau located across the street from Vermont鈥檚 Statehouse. Prior to joining 开云体育 full time in 2002, Bob ran the Vermont News Service for 21 years. The service provided daily local news for eleven stations, including 开云体育. Bob started the News Service following a stint as news director for WNCS.
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Former Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith was recently asked to lead a review of cost effectiveness of many programs at the University of Vermont Health Network. He told 开云体育 that the network鈥檚 administrative costs was one area he planned to look into. -
The president issued an executive order that mirrors the language of a bipartisan bill that would prohibit pharmaceutical companies from selling drugs in the U.S. at prices higher than the international average. -
Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts said farmers across the state are concerned about federal immigration enforcement after border agents arrested eight migrant farmworkers last month in northwestern Vermont. -
Vermont has joined a coalition of attorneys general that is trying to block the Trump administration's attempt to cut many federal Health and Human Service programs. -
Most of Lt. Gov. John Rodgers鈥� job is presiding over the Vermont Senate. But that's not all Rodgers has been up to. Last month he was the only Republican to speak at a protest on the Statehouse lawn against the Trump administration, and he's testified to lawmakers in favor of cannabis reform laws. -
Simply taxing second homes at a higher rate is not so simple, in part because Vermont currently has no system for categorizing vacation homes. But lawmakers are trying to change that 鈥� with the House's sweeping education reform bill. -
The proposed Burlington charter change would ban guns in businesses that serve alcohol. The final vote from the Senate is scheduled for Friday. -
Rodgers, the only statewide official in the country who has a cannabis cultivator license, is urging his Senate colleagues to make some major changes to a cannabis bill that passed the House last month. -
23andMe this week entered the federal bankruptcy process and is looking for a buyer, which has raised questions about data privacy for those who participated in the company's genetic analysis. -
New University of Vermont research explores the surprising link between whale pee and healthy ocean ecosystems. Plus, the Vermont House advances legislation that could limit the number of new retail cannabis shops, lawmakers also advance a midyear budget adjustment bill opposed by Gov. Scott, new Social Security rules could make it more difficult to access benefits, and Vermont libraries may see major impacts from federal funding cuts.
