Peter Hirschfeld
ReporterHelp shape my reporting:
The Vermont Statehouse is often called the people鈥檚 house. I am your eyes and ears there. I keep a close eye on how legislation could affect your life; I also regularly speak to the people who write that legislation. The more I hear from you, the better I鈥檒l be at my job. So, what issues do you want lawmakers to focus on? What info do you most urgently need?
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About Peter:
Peter Hirschfeld covers state government and the Vermont Legislature. He is based in 开云体育鈥檚 Capital Bureau located across the street from Vermont鈥檚 Statehouse.
Hirschfeld is a Vermont journalist who has covered the Statehouse since 2009, most recently as bureau chief for the Rutland Herald and Times Argus. He began his career in 2003, working as a local sports reporter and copy editor at the Times Argus.
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New U.S. Census data shows that median household income in Vermont rose by 9.8% between 2022 and 2023 鈥� more than double the national average, and the largest year-over-year increase here in at least a decade. -
Vermont's junior U.S. senator said "administrative bloat and bureaucratic inefficiency" at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are consuming resources that would otherwise go to disaster survivors. -
While the $15.9 million in grants will provide a major lift to the libraries receiving funds, it won鈥檛 come to addressing the backlog of infrastructure needs at the 187 public libraries in Vermont. -
The same federal bureaucracy that hampered flood recovery for individuals after last summer's floods is plunging small, rural towns into crippling debt. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott says an analysis commissioned by the state validates his concerns about an emissions-reduction bill that Democratic lawmakers plan to pursue next year. -
The olive green dinosaur measures about 5 feet long, and its large, toothy grin has been a fixture on Minister Brook Road in Worcester for two decades. Vermont State Police are investigating the case. -
Dozens of volunteer dog trackers will take to the woods over the next few months to help hunters recover wounded game from Vermont鈥檚 forests. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott says legislation he vetoed earlier this year could nonetheless provide a key pathway toward the construction of needed affordable housing in Vermont. -
A series of catastrophic floods over the past 14 months is raising new questions about how, and whether, Vermonters can coexist with the rivers they live by. -
Legislation approved by Democratic lawmakers earlier this year, and later signed into law by Republican Gov. Phil Scott, establishes a new Office of Workforce Strategy and Development that will have at least two full-time employees.
