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Vermont\u2019s legislative session this year will be one for the ages. <\/strong>Can lawmakers pull off the generational transformation of the public education system they started last year, or will they take an easier way out? What state programs will be on the chopping block during an agonizing budget cycle? How will electeds try to counteract the neverending stream of policy changes coming out of Washington, D.C.? Is affordability just a talking point, or could Vermonters see real relief?<\/p>\n On top of this session\u2019s heavy issues, it\u2019s also an election year. Do lawmakers dare pass potentially unpopular policies months before their names are on the ballot?<\/p>\n If you\u2019re as eager as we are to see how these questions play out, join us. VTDigger\u2019s legislative newsletter, Final Reading, is back, arriving in your inbox four days a week with the latest goings on from under the Golden Dome. VTDigger reporters will be inside committee rooms, peering behind closed doors and chasing down the power players to bring the people\u2019s business at the people\u2019s house to the public\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll follow the heated discussions in every policy area, from criminal justice and housing to health care and the environment. And in true Final Reading style, we\u2019ll bring analysis to the news with a little bit of voice \u2014 and hopefully a few good jokes \u2014 to spice things up.<\/p>\n