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Vermont Legislature
Follow VPR's statehouse coverage, featuring Pete Hirschfeld and Bob Kinzel in our Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.

Pot And Education Spending: What Happened In This Week's Veto Session

Angela Evancie
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VPR File
The veto session this week was preceded by weeks of negotiations.

Lawmakers could have overridden two vetoes when they returned to Montpelier on Wednesday. The governor's veto of a pot legalization bill stands, but legislators did strike a deal to . However, their compromise with Gov. Phil Scott puts to find cost savings.

We look at the politics and secret negotiations that went into reaching both of these decisions with Statehouse reporters Alicia Freese of, Elizabeth Hewitt of and April McCullum of the .

Broadcast live on Friday, June 23, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Patti is an integral part of VPR's news effort and part of the team that created Vermont Edition. As executive producer, Patti supervises the team that puts Vermont Edition on the air every day, working with producers to select and research show ideas, select guests and develop the sound and tone of the program.
Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 � 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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