THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 10. I’M BRIAN COLLERAN. AND I’M LIZ STRZEPA. TODAY IN MONTPELIER, VERMONT GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT WAS SWORN-ON FOR A FIFTH TERM BEFORE DELIVERING HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS. HE’S FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING AND BRINGING DOWN PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR. AS NBC 5’S ALEXIS CRANDALL EXPLAINS… LAWMAKERS ARE STRIKING A BI-PARTISAN TONE AS THIS SESSION GETS UNDERWAY. IN FRONT OF A PACKED HOUSE CHAMBER… GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT SAID THAT RURAL VERMONTERS FELT LEFT BEHIND BY THE DEMOCRATIC SUPER-MAJORITY THAT CONTROLLED THE STATEHOUSE THE LAST TWO YEARS <GOV INAUGURALó1> <15;00;10;29- 15;00;31;15> <and regardless of how well intentioned these polices are theyre expensive and require resources that places like burlington, shelburne, and williston may have but small towns like chelsea lunenburg peachem plainfield and even rutland newport and brattleboro don’t> VOTERS MADE THAT CLEAR IN NOVEMBER. CHANGING THE BALANCE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE WITH NEW FACES. TOP DEMOCRATIC …