Episode 20

2024 and the Legislative session of doing hard things

May 17, 2024 (prerecorded 5/16): Speaker of the House Rep. Jill Krowinski joins the show to share her thoughts on the second half of the biennium. Along with Regular Contributor Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Krowinski discusses the legislative sleeper hits, education taxes, the upcoming veto session, and hope.

To follow the action taken by Gov. Phil Scott on recent bills: https://governor.vermont.gov/governor-scotts-blog/action-taken-governor-scott-bills-during-2024-legislative-session

VTDigger education article referenced by Emilie: https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/15/even-vermonts-low-spending-school-districts-are-struggling-to-pass-budgets/

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.