Here’s what’s happening in Vermont news and politics this week. Got a newsworthy event for next week’s calendar? Email by Friday to submit.
Monday, January 21
- President Barack Obama is sworn in for a second term today. Watch all the action starting at 11 a.m. live on Vermont Public Television.
Tuesday, January 22
- At noon, Vermont education secretary Armando Vilaseca will discuss the governor’s education reform plans on Vermont Public Radio’s “Vermont Edition.” Listen live.
- At 2:30, three House committees will hold a joint hearing in Montpelier on rising gas prices, at which U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and archnemesis, gasoline mogul Skip Vallee, are both set to testify.
- At 4 p.m., Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. delivers the keynote speech for UVM’s Martin Luther King Day festivities. At Ira Allen Chapel. No word on a postspeech beer summit.
- At 7:30, Middlebury College hosts a panel discussion on whether social concerns should influence how colleges invest endowments.
Rest of the week after the break….
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