Republican lawmakers say they found some things to like in Governor
Peter Shumlin’s budget address. They praised his proposals to reform the
state’s environmental permitting process and his call to consolidate
school supervisory unions.
Democrats are in the majority in the Vermont House and Senate – and
that’s a scenario that makes Republican lawmakers work even harder to
shape the key bills being debated at the Statehouse.
The Vermont Senate will hold a key vote on whether to extend the license to operate Vermont Yankee for another 20 years. We hear both sides of the heated debate and preview the upcoming vote.
VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with Senate President Peter Shumlin and Rutland Senator Peg Flory about next week’s Senate vote on the license extension for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon.
State Rep. Peg Flory is moving to the state
Senate. Gov. Jim Douglas on Monday appointed the
Pittsford lawmaker to succeed state Sen. Hull Maynard, who retired last month.
Rutland
County Republicans have nominated Pittsford Representative Peg Flory to
fill the county senate seat left vacant by retiring senator Hull Maynard.