Episode 4
Raising Vermont's minimum wage
March 1, 2019: State Senator Becca Balint (D-Brattleboro) discusses why she believes the Legislature should approve a $15/hour minimum wage.
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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...".
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.