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Vermonters are overwhelmingly concerned about the state’s small businesses and the hit they’ve taken from the pandemic. Plus, concerning numbers from the COVID-19 outbreak among Vermont inmates at a Mississippi prison, a flash flood watch, and falcons.

Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman is one of four candidates running in the Democratic primary for governor. He's also been endorsed by the Progressive Party . Zuckerman was elected L governor in 2016. Before that, he served in the Vermont Senate and House for a total of 18 years. He’s also the owner of an organic farm in Hinesburg.

As college students return to Vermont for the start of the school year, there is some concern about a possible increase in the spread of COVID-19. Plus, as of August 1, a mask mandate is now in effect for all Vermonters, and the state is planning to distribute over 200,000 free cloth masks. This hour, it's our weekly update with Vermont's health department. We check in with Deputy Commissioner Tracy Dolan and take your questions. We will also get an update on the Vermont inmates who have tested

Meg Hansen is one of the five candidates seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. She is the former executive director of the health care think tank “Vermonters for Health Care Freedom.”

The former education secretary in the race for governor. Plus, a COVID-19 outbreak among Vermont inmates housed in Mississippi, funding for high-speed internet, and COVID-19 numbers.

A panel is now weighing how to honor a Black woman enslaved by a former Vermont Supreme Court justice in 1800s Windsor. VPR checks in with Valley News reporter Alex Hanson, who has been following the conversation about whether a street bearing the judge's moniker should be renamed.

Activist Ralph "Carcajou" Corbo is one of four Democratic candidates on the ballot for Governor in the August 11 primary. He’s also challenging Rep. Peter Welch in the Democratic primary for the state’s only U.S. Congressional seat. Corbo lives in Wallingford, and he may be best known for interrupting Governor Phil Scott’s 2019 State of the State address in a brief protest.

There are two names on the Progressive Party’s primary ballot for governor, and party leaders don’t want members to vote for either of them. Plus, Vermont reports its first COVID-19 death in 43 days, the former owners of the Rutland Herald file for bankruptcy and a new outbreak of coronavirus among Vermont inmates.

Six inmates tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Vermont from Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, the private for-profit prison Vermont contracts in Mississippi.

Emily Peyton is one of five candidates running in the Republican primary for governor, including incumbent Gov. Phil Scott. Peyton has never held elective office, but this is her fifth run for governor in Vermont. She lives in Putney and runs a business focused on creating building material made out of hemp.

This Primary Day there will be two candidates on the Progressive Party’s ballot for governor, but the party doesn’t want their members to vote for either one of them.

Jim Hogue is one of the five candidates seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He’s an actor who runs a small farm and writes for the Vermont Independent.

Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis died earlier this month and the nation is paying tribute to his legacy. This hour, we listen back to a conversation recorded in Vermont last fall between Lewis and Andrew Aydin. The pair co-authored the graphic novel trilogy March , which tells the story of Lewis' rural upbringing and key role in the Civil Rights movement.

A personal injury lawyer mounts a self-funded, outsider campaign for governor. Plus, Black residents are arrested in Burlington at a higher rate than white people, the latest coronavirus numbers and the Bassmaster fishing tournament returns. Want the web version of the story you heard? Click below: Bennington Lawyer Argues His Case To Voters In Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Want to get The Frequency in your favorite podcast app? Subscribe here. The Frequency is Vermont Public Radio’s daily

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