Changing Vermont’s Courts

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A year and a half ago, lawmakers created a commission to
study our courts and they gave it a hefty task: 
find a way to save at least $1 million dollars and make the system more
efficient and effective for Vermonters.  Commission
members say they’ve met their task, and they’ve presented their report to the
legislature.  We hear from Chief Justice
Paul Reiber, and commission member and attorney Eileen Blackwood about how they found those
savings and what recommendations they make to streamline our courts. 

In 2002 the book "Zoya’s Story: An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom"
described a life under the Taliban where women were largely confined to
their homes and barred from working or going to school. 
Zoya is a pseudonym used to protect the identity of the book’s author.  She’s part of
a self-described radical women’s group. The group is called RAWA: The Revolutionary
Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Recently Zoya was in our area
and VPR’s Steve Zind spoke with her.

 

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