Governor Makes Last-Minute Appeal to Delay Vote on Ed Secretary Nominee
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Less than 24 hours before senators are slated to decide whether to confirm Zoie Saunders as Vermont’s next education secretary, Gov. Phil Scott on Monday asked the body’s leadership to delay the vote. Scott contended in a letter that during Saunders’ vetting, “there has been a substantial amount of misinformation, false assumptions and politicization of Zoie’s record” that has become “toxic and unproductive.” He said he was “concerned about the prospects for a civil and fair Floor debate...

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