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Teachers rally at the Statehouse on Wednesday to protest the governor’s proposed changes to collective bargaining. Photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger

[E]arlier in the legislative session, Gov. Phil Scott announced a proposal to shift collective bargaining on teachers’ health plans from the local level to the state level. Now, the Legislature has been facing the threat of a budget veto while preparing to adjourn for the year. In this first installment of a new podcast, VTDigger’s Mark Johnson and Elizabeth Hewitt describe how we got here.

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Mike Dougherty is a senior editor at VTDigger leading the politics team. He is a DC-area native and studied journalism and music at New York University. Prior to joining VTDigger, Michael spent two years...

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