Mitch Wertlieb
Senior Host and CorrespondentA graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
An avid Boston sports fan, Mitch has been blessed with being able to witness world championships for two of his favorite teams (and franchises he was at one time convinced would never win in his lifetime): the Boston Red Sox in 2004, 2007, and 2013, and in hockey, the Boston Bruins, who won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years in 2011.
Mitch was known to play a music bed or two during Morning Edition featuring his favorite band The Grateful Dead. He lives in South Burlington with his wife Erin, daughter Gretchen, and their dog Fezzik. He (Mitch, not Fezzik) was host of Morning Edition on 开云体育 from 2003 until 2023. He now serves as the Senior Host and Correspondent.
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Environmental advocates have enjoyed a lot of influence in Montpelier. But with Gov. Phil Scott looking to roll back most of the major climate policies of the last several years, they have to take a new approach this session. -
To increase the pace of home building, some housing experts say Vermont needs to turn to the assembly line. Plus, Gov. Scott wants to place new fees on electric vehicles in lieu of gas tax revenues, Vermont鈥檚 attorney general says she won鈥檛 back down on challenging Trump administration efforts she doesn鈥檛 believe pass legal muster, national testing results show declines in math and reading for Vermont fourth and eighth graders, a Middlebury philosophy professor discusses how to live a full life by mastering what she calls the 鈥榓rt of the interesting鈥�, and we take stock of what sports fans are waiting for鈥揻rom the pending Super Bowl to the start of the new baseball season鈥搃n our weekly sports report.
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The psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin has closed its doors.
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Recent moves by the Trump administration are significantly disrupting organizations that help refugees resettle in Vermont. Plus, the federal bureaucracy is delaying plans to permanently repair flood-damaged state buildings in Montpelier, Education Secretary Zoie Saunders addresses concerns about dropping a universal school meals program to help fund a new education plan, Lt. Gov. John Rodgers plans to take a lead role in reforming Vermont鈥檚 retail cannabis law, a Chittenden County bikeshare program will end this spring, and a Vermont gun rights group says it will oppose any legislation to impose a statewide ban on firearms inside town-owned municipal buildings.
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The proposal would involve school district consolidation, changing school funding, creating standards for a statewide curriculum and much more. -
We visit an East Putney resident who helps maintain a nearby cemetery, in an excerpt from a recent Brave Little State episode about 鈥渁dopting鈥� small, local graveyards. Plus, Gov. Scott lays out budget priorities he says are aimed at making the state more affordable, Vermont鈥檚 congressional delegation slams President Trump鈥檚 decision to freeze federal grant and loan funding, state officials are waiting to see if the freeze will impact disaster relief, advocates for LGBTQ+ people emphasized that an executive order discounting gender identity doesn鈥檛 apply to the state government, and Vermont saw a record amount of tourism dollars in 2023.
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An executive order on gender runs counter to state laws that offer LGBTQ protections.
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Speaking with people worried about the looming closure of Central Vermont Medical Center鈥檚 psychiatric unit. Plus, Gov. Phil Scott delivers his annual budget address today, why some Vermont lawmakers want consumers to have stronger data privacy protection, Sen. Peter Welch says he鈥檒l work with the Trump administration to reform FEMA but will fight any effort to eliminate it, Quebec鈥檚 two largest police forces report losing several guns since 2020, and a Vermont nonprofit calls an executive order by President Trump to suspend the US refugee program an act of betrayal.
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We visit the skating trail at Lake Morey, which town officials in Fairlee helped save by folding into its recreation department. Plus, Vermont joins a multistate lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, U.S. Sen. Peter Welch says he鈥檚 appalled at Trump鈥檚 blanket pardon for people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, Canadian officials say proposed tariffs on their goods will raise prices for Vermonters, legislation that could erase hundreds of millions of dollars worth of medical debt will be introduced this week, and authorities continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Coventry.
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How Vermont schools are trying to protect students who may not have legal status as Donald Trump begins his second term as president, and how the new Trump administration鈥檚 promise to conduct a mass deportation campaign could impact Vermont鈥檚 dairy industry. Plus, Vermont鈥檚 Department for Children and Families allegedly tried to illegally take custody of a woman鈥檚 child, Vermont moves closer to qualifying doulas for Medicaid coverage, UVM gets $24 million in federal funding to invest in semiconductor research, and the head of Vermont鈥檚 largest insurer says the state鈥檚 health care premiums are failing to cover the cost of care.
