Legislative leaders sent rank-and-file lawmakers home for two weeks last Friday to give House and Senate negotiators more time to work out a deal on education reform. But one week later, those talks remain in a dysfunctional state of suspended animation.

In this week's edition of the Capitol Recap, Vermont Public reporters Pete Hirschfeld and Lola Duffort discussed where things stand between the two chambers.

This interview was produced for the ear. We highly recommend listening to the audio. We’ve also provided a transcript, which has been edited for length and clarity.

Peter Hirschfeld: Lola, at the outset of this legislative session, I think we both assumed that the tension over this education reform bill would be primarily between the Democratically-controlled legislature and Repub

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