Episode 24

The veto of H.91

June 13, 2025: John Walters, the journalist behind The Vermont Political Observer, weighs in on Governor Phil Scott's veto of H.91. The bill was designed to replace the emergency hotel/motel program and strategically address homelessness. To date, Governor Scott has vetoed more than 50 pieces of legislation. John Walters also has thoughts on that. 

And, for all your journalism nerds out there, John shares his experience at the Institute for Nonprofit News Conference.

Learn more about H.91: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.91

Read Governor Scott's H.91 Veto message: https://governor.vermont.gov/sites/scott/files/documents/H.91%20Veto%20Letter.pdf

The Institute for Nonprofit News: https://inn.org/

The Vermont Political Observer: https://thevpo.org/

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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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.