Mikaela Lefrak
Host and Senior Producer at Vermont Public Radio
Co-Host at Vermont Edition
Host and Senior Producer at Vermont PBS
Host of @vermontedition on @vermontpublic. #DCStatehood forever. She/her.
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3 days ago |
vermontpublic.org | Mikaela Lefrak |Jon Ehrens
Arts and culture organizations across Vermont have been notified that their federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts have been canceled. Affected organizations include the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Folklife, and the Flynn Center in Burlington. Susan Evans McClure is the executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, which is the local partner agency for the National Endowment for the Arts.
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3 days ago |
vermontpublic.org | Mikaela Lefrak |Jon Ehrens
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Vermont and three other states for legislation that allows them to sue oil companies for damage caused by climate change over the last 30 years. Vermont was the first in the state to pass such a law, called the Climate Action Superfund. Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Law Center, tells us about this lawsuit and the two other lawsuits coming from outside of the state and how they may play out.
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1 week ago |
vermontpublic.org | Mikaela Lefrak |Eric Ford |Jon Ehrens
We’re excited to present a new podcast created by the nonprofit Vermont Folklife. It’s called The Arts That Shape Us. It’s devoted to exploring the state’s cultural heritage and what different local artforms say about the past and present of Vermont. This podcast is one of ten projects funded by Vermont Public’s Made Here Fund, created to support Vermont media makers. Vermont Folklife’s Director of Education and Media, Mary Wesley, hosts the show. In this first installment, she takes us to Barre.
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1 week ago |
vermontpublic.org | Mikaela Lefrak |Daniela Fierro
Many of Vermont's federally qualified health centers are facing dire financial straits. Some could face insolvency if Congress cuts Medicaid funding as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the federal budget. Nearly a third of Americans don’t have access to a primary care provider and that number is growing. On Monday, CEO of Community Health Centers Jeff McKee joined Vermont Edition.
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1 week ago |
vermontpublic.org | Mikaela Lefrak
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will close out its season on May 10th with a collaborative performance with Me2, the world's only classical music organization created for people with mental illnesses and those who support them. The VSO's music director Andrew Crust and Me2's co-founder and executive director Caroline Whiddon discuss the special performance and the ways in which they rely on music and the camaraderie of an orchestra in their own lives.
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Thanks for covering this story, @abcnews and @MaryKekatos, but your headline is incorrect. She was not the first non-resident to use Vermont's medical aid in dying law. Her doctor confirmed to me that other non-residents have used it before her. https://t.co/ZTrqGEIVZ8
RT @RepBeccaB: Attention Orange and Caledonia County residents: You are now eligible for individual assistance from @fema through @POTUS's…
The first fatality in the Vermont floods has been confirmed by the Vt Department of Health. A 63-year-old man in Barre City died as a result of a drowning accident in his home on July 12. Health and safety guidance and resources: https://t.co/RKHVaQQzXY