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In this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, Vermont Public’s Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld take a look at last minute legislative decisions as the session winds down.

Gov. Scott announces he’ll run again; where the legislature landed on education reform this session; a Vermont artist found inspiration in a kids’ book.

Vermont makes history by becoming the first state in the country to ban a widely used weed killer; where a controversial bid to allow bear baiting in Vermont landed after a recent vote; can you party like it’s 1999 without alcohol? The founder of a local substance-free club thinks so!

A free healthcare clinic on wheels will hit the road in Rutland County soon; Lyme disease cases hit a record in Montreal last year; plus some nesting birds are pressing the pause button on a local music series.

Vermont’s labor force continues to shrink while unemployment remains steady; Vermont State Police mark the one-year anniversary of an unsolved suspicious death; trash and recycling pickup will cost more in the Northeast Kingdom; hundreds of Vermonters line the streets of Richmond to celebrate local Olympians; Plus…an unlikely friendship changes a life. 

In this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, the latest from Montpelier from Vermont Public’s Lola Duffort and Peter Hirschfeld.

The Vermont senate advances a bill to reform the state’s homelessness policies; Advocates for foster youth in Vermont say the Department for Children and Families should not be taking a portion of their federal benefits to pay for the cost of foster care; A Vermont man held at a private prison in Mississippi died while being held in segregation;the regional grocery chain Healthy Living is challenging a vote by workers to unionize; the defending USL-2 champions Vermont Green FC play their home opener against Albany tonight; Plus…a woman talks about the bonds she formed caring for Jersey cows on her farm. 

The House narrowly nixes a bill that would have disallowed federal immigration officials from masking their faces; a mental health facility in Randolph is closing its residential facility; Williston voters go back to the polls to overturn a previously passed library renovation; an Afghan refugee who’d been living in Boston is now opening a restaurant in Brattleboro; the women’s Vermont Green FC ran to a scoreless draw against Hartford in its inaugural full season game; Plus…how to be true to yourself and be accepted by loved ones as part of our series of communal live storytelling events in Brattleboro. 

Republican Governor Phil Scott declines to say whether he’ll run for reelection this year; five Vermonters have come down with salmonella poisoning linked to backyard poultry; Vermont’s memory cafes are providing safe spaces for people with dementia and their caregivers; the Montreal Canadiens move on to the NHL’s eastern conference finals while the PWHL’s Montreal Victoire still need one more victory to secure the Walter Cup; Plus…a woman finds community and a way to help overcome addiction through a communal singing event in Brattleboro.

Towns across Vermont are making hard choices about how much money they have to invest in their recreation areas; it could cost you more to visit certain Vermont State Parks under a new proposal; and research investigating genetic sequences that contribute to some people getting long-term complications from Lyme disease. Plus…a new indoor practice facility for little leaguers in Bennington.