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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 inEducation

House backs new pension bill with addition of task force

by Xander Landen April 22, 2021, 9:34 pmSeptember 5, 2024, 11:33 am
Posted inGovernment & Politics

2nd gentleman Douglas Emhoff praises state’s Covid response

by Xander Landen April 21, 2021, 7:18 pmApril 21, 2021, 7:18 pm
Phil Scott at podium
Posted inEconomy

Phil Scott allows Covid-19 relief bill to become law without signature

by Xander Landen April 19, 2021, 1:59 pmFebruary 14, 2024, 4:54 pm
George Till
Posted inEconomy

Vermont House passes cloud tax, corporate tax reforms

by Xander Landen April 16, 2021, 1:42 pmApril 16, 2021, 6:06 pm
Posted inEconomy

Tech sector criticizes ‘cloud tax’ in House bill

by Xander Landen April 14, 2021, 9:49 pmApril 14, 2021, 9:50 pm
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility
Posted inPublic Safety

Prison proposals would close women’s facility, but expand corrections capacity

by Xander Landen April 14, 2021, 7:55 pmApril 14, 2021, 7:56 pm
Posted inEconomy

Vermont businesses slam plan to tax federal Covid loans

by Xander Landen and Kit Norton April 12, 2021, 10:04 pmApril 12, 2021, 10:04 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Senate approves state constitutional amendments on slavery, abortion rights

by Xander Landen April 9, 2021, 6:00 pmNovember 11, 2024, 1:23 pm
Ann Pugh
Posted inPublic Safety

House backs bill decriminalizing opioid treatment drug

by Xander Landen April 8, 2021, 9:34 pmApril 8, 2021, 9:34 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermont leaders say federal money for broadband could help close ‘digital divide’

by Xander Landen April 7, 2021, 5:23 pmSeptember 3, 2024, 3:27 pm
Utility worker unwinds cable from large spool
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Scott pitches $1 billion plan to invest in housing, broadband and climate

by Xander Landen April 6, 2021, 10:56 pmApril 7, 2021, 6:43 pm
Jill Krowinski
Posted inGovernment & Politics

How the House plan to reform Vermont’s pension system quickly unraveled

by Xander Landen April 6, 2021, 9:57 pmApril 6, 2021, 10:02 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

House speaker drops pension plan after labor backlash

by Xander Landen and Lola Duffort April 2, 2021, 10:01 amSeptember 5, 2024, 11:30 am
Posted inPublic Safety

House revives legislation to decriminalize possession of buprenorphine

by Xander Landen April 1, 2021, 6:39 pmSeptember 5, 2024, 3:55 pm

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