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Vermont Legislature
Follow VPR's statehouse coverage, featuring Pete Hirschfeld and Bob Kinzel in our Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.

Sen. Pollina Takes On College Debt

AP/Toby Talbot
Sen. Anthony Pollina, P-Washington, speaking at the Statehouse in Montpelier in Jan. 2013.

The problem of student loan debt is one that state Senator Anthony Pollina is trying to crack.  He's our guest on the next Vermont Edition to discuss his plan to ensure that students don't graduate from college with a crushing student debt load.  It's a plan similar to one being tried in Oregon.  We also discuss Pollina's idea to create a Vermont state bank and an alternative economic benchmark to the GDP.

Also in the program, political analyst Eric Davis joins us to discuss the state's hiring of a public relations firm to analyze positive and negative reporting about Vermont Health Connect, the state's health care exchange that had a rocky start online this month. VPR's Bob Kinzel was among the reporters whose stories the firm deemed negative coverage of the exchange.

Broadcast Fri 10/18/13 at Noon & 7PM:

Patti is an integral part of VPR's news effort and part of the team that created Vermont Edition. As executive producer, Patti supervises the team that puts Vermont Edition on the air every day, working with producers to select and research show ideas, select guests and develop the sound and tone of the program.
Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 — longer than any continuously serving member of the Legislature. With his wealth of institutional knowledge, he answers your questions on our series, "Ask Bob."
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