VTDigger Minute is a weekly news digest from Vermont PBS. Tune in every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at 6:30 a.m. to hear about the week’s top stories.
This week on the Minute:
Leahy calls Kavanaugh confirmation hearing ‘a sham’
Sen. Patrick Leahy is calling the confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a sham. Leahy and other Democrats are demanding more time to review records from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s time in the George W. Bush White House. The hearings will continue this week.
Another Vermont inmate dies at Camp Hill; cause not yet known
A Vermont inmate being held in a Pennsylvania state prison died this weekend. Michael Senna is the fourth Vermont inmate to die at the Camp Hill facility since the state of Vermont arranged to house over 200 inmates there last year. His death will be investigated by the Vermont Department of Corrections.
Addiction treatment expansion hits snag in prisons
In Vermont prisons, a new law that expands access to addiction treatment is not reaching those who need it, according to advocates. Those who are midway through their sentences are being denied medication-assisted treatment, and others face a lengthy backlog. A legislative committee is reviewing the law’s rollout.
