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A conversation with Gov. Phil Scott about tensions over federal immigration policy and the effects being felt in Vermont. Plus, the town of Woodstock moves to buy a local water system from a private company, a set of  new permanently-affordable apartments will open in Colchester, bridge work is starting today that will slow traffic near Granville village, and Vermont's US Senators condemn the arrest of a circuit court judge in Wisconsin last week. 

Let us know what you think - text the show!On this week's show:Happy International Amateur Radio DayZoie Saunders standing up to Trump for DEIAirport beefMiddlebury encampment policyGov. Phil Scott: 'The best interest' of detainees will guide decision on state aManchester says “no flags”Bernie at CoachellaNorth Hero school to close permanently in JuneBurlington Adopts Zoning to Encourage Higher Ground Move A Large Farm With Pollution Problems Wants to ExpandBurlington to offer free parking WednesdayJoe's pond - spring is here!(43:12) Break music:  Raptors - “Tiny Little Robots”https://raptorsarethebest.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-little-robots One District, One Book Reading programNo background checks at Rutland parks & RecVermont beekeepers work to produce future generations of disease-resistant  Putney Library looking for booksSmart-cribs soothe babies experiencing opiate withdrawalLamoille County Sheriff's deputy placed on leave over conversation with deFinal Reading: What does the Portuguese Olympic Committee have to do wit(1:18:10) Break music:   Amystera - “Rebirth”https://amystera.bandcamp.com/track/rebirth Scumbag map St J cop used excessive force in Barre Something fishy about this Plainfield crashPolice looking for Colchester shooting suspectBridport teen admits to killing fatherBurlington clothes heist Bring back catamounts? Levi, the crime-fighting bulldogThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/VermontCatchup Follow Matt on twitter: @MatthewBorden4 Contact the show: 24theroadshow@gmail.comOutro Music by B-Complex

Vermont has been thrust to the center of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.On April 14, Mohsen Mahdawi, a student at Columbia University and a legal permanent resident of the U.S. who lives in the Upper Valley of Vermont, traveled to Colchester for his naturalization interview, the final step in becoming an American citizen. Mahdawi was born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has lived in the U.S. for a decade and holds a green card.Mahdawi has been a Palestinian rights activist at Columbia, though he did not participate in the student protest encampment there last spring. He is set to graduate next month. He suspected that his immigration appointment was a “honey trap” meant to lure him out to be deported, as happened to his friend, Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card holder and a fellow Palestinian student activist at Columbia.Before traveling to Colchester on Monday, Mahdawi alerted his attorneys, Vermont's congressional delegation, and journalists in the event that he was arrested. When he showed up for his naturalization interview, he was taken by hooded plainclothes officers who placed him in handcuffs before he could leave the building.Mahdawi has not been charged with a crime. According to his attorneys, he was detained under an obscure law that permits foreign nationals to be deported if they pose "serious adverse foreign policy consequences." Mahdawi's attorneys argue that he is being punished for protected speech in violation of the First Amendment and his right to due process. In response to an emergency petition filed by Mahdawi's lawyers, Vermont federal Judge William Sessions ordered the Trump administration not to deport him or move him out of the state while he reviews the case.A CBS News crew interviewed Mahdawi the day before his arrest. He told them, "If my story will become another story for the struggle to have justice and democracy in this country, let it be."Also on Monday, attorneys for Rümeysa Öztürk, a graduate student at Tufts University, argued before Judge Sessions in Burlington that Öztürk's arrest on March 25 violated the law. Öztürk, a former Fulbright fellow who is from Turkey and is in the U.S. on a student visa, was grabbed off the street in Somerville, Mass., by masked plainclothes men, a scene that was captured in a now-viral video. She was whisked to Vermont that night before being flown to Louisiana the following morning. A federal judge in Boston ruled that her case should be heard in Vermont. Judge Sessions is now considering the matter.Öztürk's attorneys assert that the Trump administration secretly revoked her student visa and targeted her for co-writing an op-ed in Tufts' student newspaper that criticized university leaders for their response to demands that the school divest from companies with ties to Israel.Both Mahdawi and Öztürk have been targeted by shadowy right wing pro-Israel groups.  Mahdawi was named by the militant Zionist organization Betar US, which placed his name on a “deport list” that it gave to the Trump administration.Öztürk was targeted by Canary Mission, a right-wing group that claims that she “engaged in anti-Israel activism,” an apparent reference to her op-ed piece.Vermont's political leaders denounced Mahdawi's arrest. Rep. Becca Balint, and Senators Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders issued a statement saying that Madahwi's arrest “is immoral, inhumane, and illegal.” They demanded that he “must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.”Gov. Phil Scott stated, “Law enforcement officers in this country should not operate in the shadows or hide behind masks.”On Tuesday, Democratic leaders in the Vermont Senate demanded that Vt. Gov Phil Scott terminate an agreement that allows federal immigration authorities to lodge detainees in state prison.The Vermont Conversation spoke with two attorneys at the center of these cases.“The larger concern here is one's right to free speech,” said Cyrus Mehta, an immigration attorney based in New York and an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School. He is part of Mohsen Mahdawi's legal team.“The Supreme Court has long held … that everyone in the United States, whether they're citizens or non-citizens, including green card holders, have a First Amendment right to free speech. The free speech might not be to your liking. You may not agree with it. But as long as it's lawful, as long as you're not engaging in criminal conduct, that speech should be protected under our First Amendment.”“It is against the interests of the United States to harshly go against students, treat them like criminals -- even worse than criminals by detaining them, not giving them bond -- and their only offense has been speech that has not particularly been favored by this administration.”Mehta warned that denying rights to green card holders “will slowly extend to U.S. citizens, we will all lose this cherished First Amendment right to express ourselves.”Grabbing people off the street by masked plainclothes officers “absolutely bears many of the hallmarks of a kidnapping,” said Lia Ernst, legal director of the ACLU of Vermont, who is on Rümeysa Öztürk's legal team. (Disclosure: I serve on the board of the ACLU of Vermont).“The notion that the administration — with no due process, with no judicial review — can sneak someone around the country, as happened in our case, and then, as has happened in these other instances, out of the country, and then claim they are powerless to do anything about it, is utterly foreign to the American legal system. It's utterly foreign to the rule of law, and it is abhorrent.”"It's just horrifying, and I believe intentionally. The government is not trying to just punish Rümeysa for her speech. It's trying to tell everyone else they better only express opinions with which the government agrees. And that cannot be in the United States of America.”As President Trump and his allies stymie court orders, will the legal system hold?“I have to believe that it will, but it will not do it on its own,” replied Ernst. She cited the importance of recent protests.“There is real power in the people standing together and demanding adherence to the rule of law … and to stand up to this administration and to say that its refusal to abide by the constitution and to abide by the rule of law will not be tolerated. But the legal system can't do it by itself.”

Phil Scott, Vermont Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony, for his monthly segment.

This candidate is campaigning like a marketer—and it's working. In this episode of Got Marketing?, Mia sits down with Phil Scott, a community independent running for federal office in the NT, to unpack what it actually takes to build a grassroots campaign that works. No party machine, no spin—just bold strategy, radical trust, and a whole lot of door knocking. From kitchen table conversations to joyful viral videos, this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at how good marketing principles are being used to rewrite the rules of modern campaigning. If you've ever wondered what a marketing-first approach to politics could look like—or how real listening builds real momentum—this conversation will fire you up.

Dr. Mark Levine retires as Vermont's health commissioner this week after an eight year tenure marked by historic events. Dr. Levine is best known as the steady hand guiding Vermont's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which by many measures was one of the most successful in the nation. Vermont had the second lowest Covid fatality rate, after Hawaii. According to the Vermont Department of Health, 1,283 people died from the Covid pandemic in Vermont.During the dark days of lockdown in 2020 and 2021, Dr. Levine stood alongside Gov. Phil Scott and reassured anxious Vermonters about how to stay safe, the need for masking and social distancing, and the critical importance of vaccinations. His grandfatherly baritone voice conveyed wisdom and compassion.In announcing Dr. Levine's retirement, Gov. Scott said, “I will be forever grateful for his advice and counsel over the years, but especially during the pandemic, as he appeared with me daily at press conferences during those difficult days, giving much comfort to Vermonters as our very own ‘Country Doc'.”Sen. Peter Welch said that Dr. Levine “helped Vermont through those incredibly challenging times, and saved many lives.” Prior to Dr. Levine's appointment as health commissioner in 2017, he worked as a primary care physician and as a professor and associate dean at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine, where he still teaches.Dr. Levine, 71, steps away from health care leadership at a fraught and uncertain moment. Public health and science itself have come under unprecedented attack by the Trump administration. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the country's newly appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, has been derided for being a conspiracy theorist and one of the top purveyors of medical misinformation. This week, Kennedy announced the layoffs of 10,000 health workers and $11 billion in cuts to public health grants dolled out to states. This includes a $7 million cut in aid to Vermont that state health officials said would “negatively impact public health in our state.”All of this comes as measles is infecting unvaccinated children in the U.S. in what is already being described as the worst outbreak of this century.Dr. Levine reflected on how Vermont compared to other states in managing the Covid pandemic. “Our economy looks like many of the states that had far worse outcomes from Covid and prioritized their economy more in terms of keeping a lot of sectors open. When you look at the bottom line in the end, our economic status and theirs don't look very different, yet our public health status looks much, much better. And I'm going to hang my hat on that as very, very important for the way we approached the pandemic here in Vermont.”“You know, there isn't a hell of a lot I would have done differently, to be honest,” said Levine.Levine insisted that there are not many critics who say “you shouldn't have had vaccines. You shouldn't have masked us up. You shouldn't have closed down things. When you close them down, they kind of understand that the major outcome was that Vermont fared much better as a state than many other states. So it's hard for me to have too many regrets.”Why did Vermont fare better than other states?“We come from a culture here in Vermont where people look out for their family, they look out for their community, and they work collaboratively,” said Levine. “The second thing is that in public health, we always say, be first, be right, be credible. And the communication that the governor and I and the rest of the team had was frequent, it was with integrity about what we knew and what we didn't yet know, and it was with great transparency … revealing the data every time and showing what we were responding to.”Levine leaves his post with deep concern about what lies ahead for public health. “When disinformation comes from the top, whether it be the secretary of (Health and Human Services) or the president, it has an impact and it makes our job much harder.”Levine noted that even when Trump administration officials are trying to control the measles epidemic, “they always manage to sort of agree, but then say the wrong thing and let you know that they really aren't completely aligned, which is a problem I am very concerned about."Levine says that federal budget cuts could have a serious impact on Vermont, where “40 percent of my budget is related to federal grant money.”If the latest cuts “are a signal of what's to come, then they are of tremendous concern. And the problem is, of course, we're not seeing broad visions and huge strategic plans with discrete timelines associated. We're seeing abrupt moves by the federal government that basically say, today your grants were stopped, and by the way, we're interested in chronic disease prevention. But they haven't actually shown us the vision and the timeline and what the resources will be and (where they) will come from.”Dr. Levine said of his legacy, “People will always remember Covid, and I'm fine with that, but I hate for that to be the defining moment because public health is so much more than that. One thing I'm very proud of is work we've done to protect our children's health.”“I'd like to be remembered that we've now turned the curve on the opioid overdose death rate, and it's clearly on the way down. It's not a mission accomplished. There's still a lot of work to be done. But at least it's going in the right direction.”As he retires, Levine lamented the rise in the “great anti-science bias” and the movement of those who are “vaccine resistant, or at least hesitant.”“We do in public health as much as we can to provide what we consider not the alternative viewpoint but the actual evidence-based viewpoint. But the recipients of that have to be willing to receive that information, and we're in a time where many people get their information from one set of resources and they won't veer from those resources to others. So it's a challenging time for public health, indeed.”

March marks the five-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine was a steadying force through the early days of the lock down, a conduit of quickly evolving health guidance, and an advocate for the vaccine.Gov. Phil Scott tapped Dr. Levine in 2017 to lead Vermont's Department of Health. As health commissioner, he provided guidance on public health concerns like opioid addiction, teen substance use, and respiratory viruses. He sat down with Vermont Edition ahead of his retirement at the end of March.

March marks the five-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine was a steadying force through the early days of the lock down, a conduit of quickly evolving health guidance, and an advocate for the vaccine.Gov. Phil Scott tapped Dr. Levine in 2017 to lead Vermont's Department of Health. As health commissioner, he provided guidance on public health concerns like opioid addiction, teen substance use, and respiratory viruses. He sat down with Vermont Edition ahead of his retirement at the end of March.

Episode 134 of "The Total Podcast! with Phil Scott is Part Two of my International Women's Month Series, which features Ret. USAF Lt. Col., Speaker, Pilot, and Author Caroline "Blaze" Jensen. Hear Caroline's journey to become a U.S. Air Force Pilot. Episode Links:https://www.instagram.com/podcastphil/https://blazejensen.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazejensen/https://www.instagram.com/adventures_of_thundermouse/

Phil Scott, Vermont Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony for his monthly segment, to discuss this years Legislative Session.

On Episode 132 of The Total Podcast! With Phil Scott, I discuss some of my favorite YouTube Automotive Hosts and their channels, some of of my favorite Radio Tech Show Hosts, and I share a few reasons why I like them. Knowledge and humor are definitely parts of the equation! Scotty Kilmer, Sarah-n-Tuned, Kim Komando, Rich Demuro and Amanda Cline are covered here on Part One.Episode Links:Scotty Kilmer:https://www.youtube.com/@scottykilmerscottykilmer.comSarah-n-Tuned:https://www.youtube.com/@SarahnTunedhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahntuned/sarahntuned.comKim Komando:https://www.komando.com/https://www.komando.com/the-show/Rich Demuro:https://ktla.com/morning-news/rich-on-tech/https://www.premierenetworks.com/shows/rich-techAmanda Cline:https://amandareviewscars.com/about/https://www.instagram.com/amandareviewscars/#Phil Scott:https://www.instagram.com/podcastphil/

Democratic lawmakers have mixed interest in advancing Republican Gov. Phil Scott's wide-ranging housing plan, and haven't offered many of their own proposals to address Vermont's long-standing unit shortage.

Gov. Phil Scott wants to roll back some of Vermont's key climate laws, arguing they are too costly to implement. Lawmakers are debating whether to stay the course on climate action. Vermont Public's Peter Hirschfeld breaks down this debate over the Global Warming Solutions Act. He also looks at how legislators are preparing for Town Meeting Day and navigating uncertainty around federal funding. Catch up on everything happening at the Statehouse with Capitol Recap, released every Friday.

Gov. Phil Scott's administration has made prioritizing such infrastructure projects a cornerstone of his housing agenda.

Phil Scott, Vermont Governor, joins Anthony & Kelly for his monthly segment.

Environmental advocates have enjoyed a lot of influence in Montpelier. But with Gov. Phil Scott looking to roll back most of the major climate policies of the last several years, they have to take a new approach this session.

From the Williams Broadcasting Studio join John, Phil, Spencer, Mark and Scott for this weeks motorsports racing news and conversation!

Speaking with people worried about the looming closure of Central Vermont Medical Center's psychiatric unit. Plus, Gov. Phil Scott delivers his annual budget address today, why some Vermont lawmakers want consumers to have stronger data privacy protection, Sen. Peter Welch says he'll work with the Trump administration to reform FEMA but will fight any effort to eliminate it, Quebec's two largest police forces report losing several guns since 2020, and a Vermont nonprofit calls an executive order by President Trump to suspend the US refugee program an act of betrayal.

9:00 to 10:00U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Henry Harder Jr. Vermont National GuardGMB Flag Presentation to UVM SoccerJapan DeploymentLegislative Priorities at the State HouseOpen HouseRecruiting and Retention10:00 to 10:30Governor Phil ScottState of the State, Education reform, and upcoming budget address10:30 to 11:00Bruce Roy

Gov. Phil Scott unveiled a plan this week that would significantly shift how schools are funded and governed in Vermont, opening up a thicket of thorny issues for his administration and lawmakers to navigate.

The 2024 election was a political tsunami that washed across the country and Vermont. The Green Mountain State led the national anti-incumbent wave: More Democrats lost seats in Vermont than in any other state, with more than two dozen Democratic state lawmakers losing their re-election bids. Though Democrats still retain the majority in the State House, the election erased the Democratic supermajorities enjoyed in both chambers of the Vermont legislature.In addition, Republican John Rodgers won Vermont's Lt. Governor race, defeating incumbent Progressive/Democrat David Zuckerman. It is the first time an incumbent lieutenant governor in Vermont has been defeated in over two centuries.The 2024 election has reshaped statewide politics. Republicans now control the top two elected offices in Vermont and Democrats no longer have the ability to override vetoes by Republican Gov. Phil Scott.Confrontation and stalemate that has often characterized the politics around tax reform, housing, and energy must now yield to compromise.“One of the things that struck me was that (Gov.) Phil Scott has had pretty much a singular message since he got in, and I do believe that Vermonters have a certain amount of trust in him on the issue of property taxes and the related issue of education finance. And what we had never seen from the governor were detailed proposals on his part,” Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth told the Vermont Conversation. So Baruth made an offer: he would give the governor the first week of the legislative session to present his ideas to the Senate.“To his great credit, he has taken us up on that,” said Baruth, noting that this is a departure from the governor's past practice of “letting us go through an exercise of four or five months work and then vetoing it and demanding that we revise it on the fly at the end.”“My hope is that we'll take the governor's plan, which is detailed, complex (and) has multiple moving parts, and we will marry it with our own ideas, and we'll reach compromise with not just the governor, but with all three major parties.”Is Baruth willing to do things that would have made him uncomfortable five or 10 years ago?“Yes, absolutely,” he replied. He cited as an example his changing approach to education funding. Part of the problem is that “Montpelier has no authority over (school) districts so they make their own budgets. They spend as much as they want, as long as their voters will approve them. They are sovereign in a certain sense. If they don't want to close a building with 22 kids in it, they can have a principal and a superintendent there. But we've reached a point where that doesn't work anymore. The system won't bear that, so we have to have some levers in Montpelier to control spending.”Democratic House Speaker Jill Krowinski added, “Everything's on the table. We can't come into this with topics that we can't touch or that are off the table … It's gotta be bold, and we have to be open minded about it.”When it comes to education funding, Krowinski said that she has “been talking with members about showing up wearing our statewide hats, because it's going to have to be a statewide solution, and there's going to be a need for some pretty big compromise here to make a difference.”“Why I'm optimistic is because everyone is talking about this, everybody is agreeing that we have to tackle it this session and that is the most critical thing we can do right now to support our communities and our families who are struggling,” she addedRegarding the housing crisis, which has left some Vermonters sleeping in tents in frigid winter conditions, Baruth said that Vermont has spent $1.5 billion on housing in the last five years that was enabled by Covid relief money. “That has never been done in Vermont history.”“There is a small explosion of housing going on,” said Baruth. “It's not going to get us to the ultimate place, but we're about a third of the way there with this last huge infusion of money, and that's no small thing.”Krowinski said that the House “will be looking at how we can modernize our general assistance program and supporting more shelter capacity. What can we do to ensure that we have the beds that we need for folks that are unhoused? It's been an expensive program and we haven't been seeing the outcomes that we thought we might see and we were hoping for.”“We're going to have a tough budget year,” she predicted.Krowinski acknowledged that many Vermonters are on edge about changes and threats being made by President-elect Donald Trump targeting immigrants, abortion rights, and his political opponents.“My message to Vermonters right now is that we have your back and we will do anything we can within our power if we see threats to Vermonters,” she said.“We're in this together, and we have a lot of things that we can do to help protect us if those threats come through,” she said.“So hang in there. We'll get through this.”

Phil Scott, Vermont Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony for his monthly segment.

In his fifth inaugural speech this week, Republican Gov. Phil Scott pledged to fix a “broken and failing” education system – and the rising costs associated with it. Democrats in the Legislature seem receptive to the broad strokes of Scott's preliminary proposals, despite butting heads in prior sessions. Vermont Public's Lola Duffort will break down it all down in this week's edition of the Capitol Recap.

Episode 130 of "The Total Podcast! with Phil Scott features my visit at the 2025 San Diego Auto Show. I highlight my favorite vehicles at the show, and I go on special test drives of the 2025 Chevy Trax SUV and the 2025 Toyota bZ4X Electric SUV. Episode Links: https://www.chevrolet.com/suvs/trax https://www.toyota.com/bz4x/ https://lucidmotors.com/air-touring https://www.kiamedia.com/us/en/models/ev6/2025 https://www.sdautoshow.com/ https://www.instagram.com/podcastphil/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCryKrc7UsGuj3_EVRgAldzg https://www.threads.net/@podcastphil

Phil Scott, Vermont Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony for his monthly segment. They discuss the up coming VT Legislative Session.

The Vermont legislative session begins on January 8th, and lawmakers and administration officials are preparing for the new biennium. First elected in 2016, Gov. Phil Scott won a fifth term in November with nearly 74% of the vote. The election results signaled significant changes under the Golden Dome, as Republicans gained seats in the House and Senate, breaking the Democrats' supermajority. Scott joins Vermont Edition to discuss his priorities for the upcoming session, including property taxes, education spending, and the incoming Trump administration.Then, Vermont Public senior reporter Bob Kinzel provides an analysis of the governor's interview and discusses what's unique about this political moment in Vermont and what seems like business as usual.

What President-elect Donald Trump's record on environmental protections could mean for Vermont during his second presidency. Plus, Gov. Phil Scott wants to keep property taxes flat next year, Green Mountain Transit cut services on nine bus routes this week due to a budget gap, GlobalFoundries will use a $1.5 billion federal grant to expand manufacturing, rural dialysis patients are wondering about the future of their care and Upper Valley researchers are using a 3D printer to create objects out of ice.

John Rodgers is the most interesting man in Vermont politics. And he just may be its future.The Democrat-turned-Republican who just won the race for Vermont's lieutenant governor did something that has not been done since 1815: he became lieutenant governor by defeating the incumbent lieutenant governor in a general election.al election.Rodgers' 6,000 vote victory over sitting Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, who ran as a Progressive/Democrat, was part of a statewide backlash that ousted numerous Democratic incumbents. Democrats lost 18 seats in the Vermont House and six seats in the Vermont State Senate, thus ending the Democratic supermajority in both chambers that enabled them to override vetoes by Republican Gov. Phil Scott. Scott, who endorsed Rodgers and campaigned with him, emerged as the election's biggest winner.Rodgers' election as lieutenant governor must still be confirmed by the Vermont Legislature in January, since he won with 46 percent of the vote, just shy of the 50 percent required by the Vermont Constitution.John Rodgers' upset win may help explain Donald Trump's victory nationally. While Rodgers is a vocal Trump critic, both politicians tapped into a deep well of economic anxiety among voters who blamed Democrats for being out of touch with the day-to-day financial struggles faced by many people. In Vermont, those economic anxieties are rooted in double-digit spikes in property taxes and health care costs, compounded by a protracted and worsening housing crisis.Rodgers is uncomfortable with the comparison to Trump, but he understands it. "There are a lot of the folks that supported me that are Trump supporters, and there were some people who wouldn't vote for me because I spoke outright that I would never support Trump because I value honesty, and the man is totally dishonest ... He's lied, cheated and stolen his way through his entire life, and I can't understand why people cling to him other than the fact that he's not a career politician, and people are so fed up with what's happened in Washington over the last 20 years."The voter disillusionment that Rodgers channeled was best captured by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who issued a scathing indictment of the Democratic party following the 2024 election: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”John Rodgers said much the same thing throughout his winning campaign. “I think the Democrats in the legislature have lost their way and no longer are taking care of the working class people in Vermont,” he told The Vermont Conversation.John Rodgers, 59, is new on the statewide political scene but he is a familiar face in Montpelier. He has served in the Vermont State House for 16 years, half in the House and half in the Senate. In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for governor as a Democratic write-in candidate. He is known for being fiercely independent, often to the frustration of his former Democratic colleagues. Democrat Becca Balint, when she was Vermont Senate majority leader, said of Rodgers, "He sometimes votes with us, he sometimes doesn't, and sometimes we don't know until we get on the floor."Rodgers lives on the 500-acre farm in West Glover where he grew up. He balances his work in Montpelier with making a living as a stone mason, running a construction company, and growing hemp and cannabis on his farm. He has spoken candidly about his experience growing up poor and the continuing struggles of working class people in Vermont.Rodgers said that changing parties was a big risk. “I didn't put myself on a glide path in a Democratic state by switching parties to the Republican Party in a presidential year when Donald Trump was running in a state that Kamala Harris won ... It really gives me hope that there are enough Vermonters that are still independently minded that they can pick a person from any party if the message is right.”Asked whether being a Republican in Trump's Republican Party — which has espoused anti-immigrant, anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ and pro-insurrection views — was comfortable, Rodgers replied, “Absolutely not. It is terribly hard for me to carry the R beside my name because of national Republican politics. But when I look here in the state, and I look at Phil Scott, and I look at a lot of the moderate Republicans that I worked with for years when I was in the State House and the folks that are new since I left, they are speaking up for working class Vermonters. And so I do not buy into any party platform.”Rodgers said he is especially concerned by Trump's talk of mass deportation, noting that Vermont's farms would be crippled without the work of undocumented immigrants. "Our economy can no longer run without them."How far is Rodgers willing to go to protect the civil liberties of Vermonters if they are threatened in a new Trump administration?“I'm a bit of a libertarian. I'm willing to go however far as is necessary, absolutely. Bad laws were made to be broken.”Rodgers said he is often asked whether he is interested in running for governor. He replied that he is not sure he would be ready to run for governor in two years should Scott decide not to run for re-election, but “if it's four years, then maybe I've had enough time to have an impact and convince people of who I am and I'm the right person for the job.”Rodgers paused, then added frankly, “When I look at the job of the governor, it's not really that desirable a job. It's super hard. I mean, we never have enough money to go around ... So it would take a lot to convince me that that was the next best thing to do.”Rodgers hopes that his experience in both parties can make him useful in his new role. “When I was a Democrat, the Democrats said, Oh, he's not really a Democrat. Now I'm a Republican (and) there's a bunch of them on the right that say, Oh, he's not really a Republican. But I'm a Vermonter. And what I hope to be is a bridge ... helping in the negotiations between what is perceived as the two sides.”

A look back at this year's successful use of chicanes in the Notch, and a preview of what property taxes will look like next year. Plus, Vermonters should prepare for snow on Thanksgiving, the Scott administration is taking advantage of federal funds before Trump is back in the White House, Gov. Phil Scott is making interim Education Secretary Zoie Saunders's position permanent, Sen. Peter Welch is trying to overturn a plan by the Biden administration to cut Medicare reimbursement rates and a man accused of orchestrating a scheme to harass and intimidate two New Hampshire Public Radio journalists was sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Episode 129 of The Total Podcast! with Phil Scott features entrepreneurs Daniel Nieh and Codrin Cobzaru, Creators of SPARQ - A Consumer-Friendly, Smart, Taking AI Diagnostic Tool For Drivers. This innovative tool has the potential to help many drivers lots of money on car repairs - and even avoid unnecessary ones, too. Don't miss this fascinating episode! *SPARQ presentation intro courtesy of Dan Mazei, Founder and Principal, Tangled Roots Episode Links: https://joinsparq.com/ Phil Scott: https://www.instagram.com/podcastphil/ https://youtu.be/g488yqlM-oc

After a rough Election Day showing for Vermont Democrats, new state Senate majority leader Kesha Ram Hinsdale shares how her party will approach the upcoming legislative session. Plus, a Putney affordable housing development is moving forward, Vermont's attorney general will not prosecute a state trooper who fatally shot a man in Orange this summer, Gov. Phil Scott will ask Democratic lawmakers to dial back statutory emissions-reduction mandates, a new program in Williston will offer mental health support through peer respite, and people have until Dec. 7th to adjust their Medicare coverage after three popular plans are no longer available in Vermont.

Phil Scott (R), Vermont Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony to talk about the recent elections and the up coming legislative session.

A well-funded electioneering operation bankrolled by Gov. Phil Scott helped Republicans capitalize on voter disaffection over the rising cost of living in Vermont.

Let us know what you think - text the show!On this week's show:Happy National Cook for Your Pets DayHappy bday GloYankees demisePhil Scott's next victim?LT governor raceVT prisoners can voteBurlington has a syringe litter problemBurlington's pod community to seek 3-year extensionDon't burn your garbage(46:58) Break music: The Devil Makes Three - “Spirits”https://thedevilmakesthree.bandcamp.com/track/spirits  Burlington woman giving the dead back their names Possible overturning of excommunication Problem dog gets re-homedSouth Strafford school makes its own pledgeScience Pub series Zombie treesSave every wood turtleVT Witch trial(1:31:44) Break music: D.FRENCH feat Mavstar - “Still Got Weight”https://dfrench.bandcamp.com/track/still-got-weight-feat-mavstar Scumbag Map Philippines kidnapping suspects in custodyHandcuffed man hits copMontpelier brawl5 charged in downtown Burlington assaultFormer VT Senate candidate beat someone upCavalier bank robberGreedy embezzlerThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/VermontCatchup Follow Matt on twitter: @MatthewBorden4 Contact the show: 24theroadshow@gmail.comOutro Music by B-Complex

Phil Scott, Vermont Governor, joins Kurt & Anthony for his monthly segment. The Governor discusses the up coming elections .

Vermont Public interviewed three candidates for Vermont governor on Tuesday. It was part of the station's series of debates and candidate interviews ahead of the general election on Nov. 5.Incumbent Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican from Berlin, is running for a fifth term. He previously served as lieutenant governor and a state senator. The Democratic candidate is Esther Charlestin of Middlebury. She runs an educational consulting business, co-chairs the Vermont Commission on Women and is a former Middlebury select board member. The independent candidate is Kevin Hoyt of Bennington, a former candidate for governor and seats in Vermont's House and Senate.

From "In The Pit" join John, Scott, Spencer and Phil for this weeks motorsports racing news update!

A bar in Colchester challenges customers to finish a massive bacon cheeseburger and fries in under 30 minutes. Plus, new limits on Vermont's emergency motel housing program will push out hundreds of households over the next several weeks, Republican Gov. Phil Scott praises Vice President Harris' debate performance against former President Trump but stops short of endorsing her, Vermont's congressional delegation welcomes the arrival of more than $50 million to help with repair reimbursement from last year's flooding, a new mental health urgent care center prepares to open in Burlington, the owner of a Killington bakery tries to make the world's largest whoopie pie, and we parse over the chances of the Red Sox actually getting into this year's playoffs in our weekly sports report.

This Bonus Episode of "The Total Podcast! with Phil Scott" Revisits Test Drives of the Chevy Bolt EUV and The Silverado 1500 Pickup Truck - learn how they feel to drive, and the interesting features each vehicles has. Episode Links: https://www.instagram.com/podcastphil/ https://www.chevrolet.com/content/dam/chevrolet/na/us/english/index/shopping-tools/download-catalog/10-pdf/2023-chevrolet-bolt-ev-ebrochure.pdf https://www.chevrolet.com/trucks/silverado/1500

A small, rural community struggles with the difficult decision to permanently close its elementary school. Plus, the aid application process starts today for businesses, farms, and other entities that suffered flood damage this summer, a flood disaster recovery center opens in Waterbury, a new poll shows continuing strong support for Gov. Phil Scott as he seeks a fifth term, Green Mountain Transit plans to cut services due to a sizable revenue gap, and a new DMV program aims to ease interactions between autistic motor vehicle drivers and law enforcement.

The University of New Hampshire Survey Center released two polls of Vermont voters. One found a large partisan divide on a question regarding financial conditions. Another saw politically diverse support for incumbent Gov. Phil Scott.

From In The Pits, join John, Spencer, Phil, and special guest Wes Weed for this weeks motorsports racing news update!!

In this episode of the "Most Valuable Towns in the Backyard" series, we dive into what makes Folsom, CA, a standout city in the Greater Sacramento Region. Join us as we chat with Phil Scott, Business & Economic Development Consultant for Choose Folsom, and Adrian Blanco, owner of Adrian Blanco Jewelry, to uncover Folsom's unique blend of innovation, quality of life, and community spirit. Learn how Folsom supports local businesses, attracts top talent, and fosters a thriving economy. Don't miss this insightful discussion on Folsom's future growth and why it's one of California's best places to live and work! https://adrianblancojewelry.com/ https://www.instagram.com/adrianblancojewelry/ https://choosefolsom.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ChooseFolsom95630/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/choosefolsom/ https://www.instagram.com/folsomchamber/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/philscott95630/ #FolsomCA #EconomicDevelopment #ChooseFolsom #GreaterSacramento #Innovation #SmallBusiness #Community #qualityoflife  _______________________________________________________________ If this episode inspires you to be part of the movement, and you believe, like me, that entrepreneurs are the answer to our future, message me so we can join forces to support building truly great companies in our region.  - Subscribe to my channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCom_​...  -   Mark Haney is a serial entrepreneur that has experience growing companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He is currently the CEO and founder of HaneyBiz  -   Instagram: http://instagram.com/themarkhaney​  Facebook: www.facebook.com/themarkhaney  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markehaney​  Website: http://haneybiz.com​  Audio Boom: https://audioboom.com/channels/5005273​   Twitter: http://twitter.com/themarkhaney - This video includes personal knowledge, experiences, and opinions about Angel Investing by seasoned angel investors.  This content is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, or financial advice.  Nothing in this video constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, or endorsement. #thebackyardadvantage #themarkhaneyshow #entrepreneur  #PowerOfWith #SacramentoEntrepreneur #Sacramento #SacramentoSmallBusiness #SmallBusiness #GrowthFactory #Investor #Podcast

August 16, 2024 (prerecorded 8/15): John Walters of The Vermont Political Observer joins us to share his thoughts on the Aug. 13 primary. Rep. Emilie Kornheiser joins in with observations from her weeks spent door-knocking and the potential ripples of the Windham-1 race. The Vermont Political Observer: https://thevpo.orgTheme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

Two Democrats are hoping for a chance to challenge Gov. Phil Scott for Vermont's top office, and multiple candidates are vying for spots in the race for lieutenant governor.

Vermont is receiving a huge influx of federal money to build out broadband, but state officials wonder whether services will be affordable once infrastructure is in place. Plus, Vermont received less rain yesterday compared to the deluge earlier this week, an emergency shelter opens in St. Johnsbury, some Lyndonville residents remain stranded after roads were washed out, Gov. Phil Scott encourages Vermonters to stick together, and the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor face off in a debate.

The governor joined Vermont Edition to address recent flooding, national politics and working across party lines.

Retiring after a nearly 30-year career with the Vermont Superintendents Association, Jeff Francis talks about the value and cost of providing high-quality public education in Vermont schools. Plus, the Vermont ACLU files a lawsuit alleging a local sheriff's department has violated the state's public records law, the state prepares to impose annual fees on electric vehicles, Gov. Phil Scott appoints a new top prosecutor for Lamoille County, a new resource to help the state's dairy farm workers understand housing and employment rights, and a bear is successfully freed after getting a milk can stuck on its head.

Searching for a site where former patients of a state psychiatric facility were buried in unmarked graves. Plus, Gov. Phil Scott is urged to sign legislation that would force social media companies to make their sites less addictive to kids, longtime Bennington County Sen. Dick Sears died over the weekend, Vermont's Senate is undergoing big changes with the passing or retirement of several long-serving members, and Vermont's health commissioner says there's little cause for alarm despite a new COVID variant appearing in the state.

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger PictureThe blue states are pushing the green new scam which is destroying the economy and the peoples way of life, it is backfiring on the Ds. Biden's economy is imploding. Stock market glitch or is it a test for the crash? Narrative for rate cuts picks up speed. The [DS] is now pushing the narrative that the Trump supporters are going to push riots and bring the country to a civil war. This is what the [DS] wants, and they might be pushing this narrative to stay in control and to stay in the WH. What if the WH is breached, they tried to do this during the time Trump is in the WH. Is Trump going to turn the table on them so they are the one that won't leave the WH and they need to be dragged out?   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy Blue States Find Yet Another Climate Racket To Penalize American Businesses Vermont enacted a law Friday that will require energy companies to pay huge sums to cover costs purportedly driven by climate change — and several other states may be following suit. Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott allowed his state's climate “superfund” bill to become law Friday without his signature, obligating energy producers that emitted more than one billion tons of greenhouse gases since 1995 to pay into a “superfund” that would be tapped to pay for disasters purportedly caused or exacerbated by climate change, according to NBC News. The new law is likely to become the subject of a legal battle with the energy industry, and some blue states — including New York and Massachusetts — are looking to pass similar bills in the near future. “What these states are basically saying is, ‘if you make things we don't like, we're going to fine you into oblivion for what you've done anywhere in the world. And we're going to use all that money to pay for products and projects favored by progressives,'” OH Skinner, executive director of the Alliance for Consumers, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.    Source: dailycaller.com Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Screws Seniors with the Biggest Medicare Premium Increase Ever One of the classic strategies in the Obama/Biden playbook is policy that sounds good in the short-term, but whose long-term consequences won't be felt until after an election. That way if Democrats win, they're insulated from voters holding them accountable; but if they lose, they can blame Republicans when things go south. This was undoubtedly one of the plays the Biden administration had in mind for the gallingly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). But this disastrous legislation hasn't just sabotaged Americans' wallets, it's sabotaged their health as well. Snuck into the IRA was a poorly drafted provision that attempted to lower out-of-pocket expenses on prescription drugs. The IRA lowers the out-of-pocket maximum for seniors from about $3,300 to $2,000 by shifting the responsibility for the $1,300 difference to insurance companies. To no one's surprise, the insurance companies pass that cost to consumers in the form of higher premiums and restricted access to prescription drugs. This year, premiums for Medicare Part D are up more than 20 percent for the more than 50 million Americans enrolled. In 2025, they could increase again by more than 50 percent! We hope people are paying close enough attention during open enrollment in October to compare this price spike as President Biden campaigns on how he “fought Big Pharma to lower drug costs!” The brilliant design of the Medicare Part D program 20 years ago was harnessing competition.