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Author Archives: Xander Landen

Xander Landen is VTDigger's political reporter. He previously worked at the Keene Sentinel covering crime, courts and local government. Xander got his start in public radio, writing and producing stories for NPR affiliates including WBUR in Boston and WNYC in New York. While at WNYC, he contributed to an award-winning investigation of how police departments shield misconduct records from the public. He is a graduate of Tufts University and his work has also appeared in PBS NewsHour and The Christian Science Monitor.

Posted inGovernment & Politics

Senate approves legislation that would scrap tax on PPP loans

by Xander Landen May 14, 2021, 5:32 pmOctober 22, 2024, 10:36 am
Michael Marcotte
Posted inEconomy

House panel moves to increase unemployment benefits by $25 per week

by Xander Landen May 13, 2021, 7:24 pmMay 13, 2021, 7:24 pm
Dick Sears
Posted inHealth

Senate OKs bill legalizing buprenorphine possession

by Xander Landen May 12, 2021, 4:54 pmSeptember 5, 2024, 6:42 pm
Stephanie Churchill using letter opener on ballot envelope
Posted inGovernment & Politics

House approves permanent vote-by-mail expansion for general elections

by Xander Landen May 11, 2021, 7:57 pmMay 11, 2021, 7:58 pm
Utility worker looks up while riding motorized lift holding spool of cable
Posted inEconomy

Senate approves $100 million to expand, improve broadband service

by Xander Landen May 11, 2021, 4:16 pmOctober 28, 2024, 11:23 am
Phil Scott in front of Statehouse
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Scott says Legislature ‘can’t close the doors to the People’s House’ in 2022

by Xander Landen May 7, 2021, 6:41 pmMay 7, 2021, 6:41 pm
Jill Krowinski
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: An October return

by Kit Norton, Xander Landen and Alan J. Keays May 7, 2021, 10:00 amMay 6, 2021, 10:00 pm
Utility worker in hangs spool of cable from utility pole
Posted inEconomy

Senate assembles $100 million bill to improve broadband access across the state

by Xander Landen May 6, 2021, 6:40 pmSeptember 3, 2024, 3:26 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Lawmakers nix proposal to limit public access to Statehouse in 2022

by Xander Landen May 5, 2021, 9:26 pmMay 6, 2021, 7:03 am
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Senate favors expanding health insurance to undocumented immigrants

by Xander Landen May 2, 2021, 1:20 pmMay 3, 2021, 2:30 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Senate approves $7.2 billion budget, drawing down half of its federal Covid aid

by Xander Landen April 29, 2021, 9:41 pmOctober 14, 2024, 10:28 am
Becca Balint
Posted inEconomy

Lawmakers buck Scott on plan to spend federal Covid-19 relief

by Xander Landen April 27, 2021, 8:59 pmApril 27, 2021, 9:00 pm
Nicolas Anzalone
Posted inEconomy

With a federal windfall, how will Vermont chart a path toward universal broadband?

by Xander Landen April 27, 2021, 7:18 pmApril 27, 2021, 7:18 pm
Sen. Ann Cummings
Posted inEconomy

Senate leaders favor repealing new tax on PPP loans

by Xander Landen April 23, 2021, 6:08 pmFebruary 14, 2024, 4:54 pm

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