VPR Evening News February 26th, 2009

Dems suggest raising taxes to balance the budget; Panel to consider who should be the state’s next federal judge; Affordable housing gets a boost; and commentator Bill Mares shares beekeeping techniques with Central American coffee farmers.

Bill to help promote development near downtowns

State officials say a housing development in Milton that mixes affordable and moderately priced homes could be a model for the rest of the state. And one of the developers of the subdivision says a new housing initiative signed into law this week might help other communities duplicate it. VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports.
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Teaching Math

Thirty percent of Vermont’s 11th graders scored proficiently in the math portion of this year’s NECAP state assessment tests. We talk with the state’s Director of Educational Assessment, Michael Hock, about the low scores. And we hear from math teachers about how math is taught in classrooms around the state. Also, we look at a new affordable housing report, and we bring you an audio postcard from Londonderry.

VPR Evening News March 18th, 2008

The House Ways and Means Committee has rejected Governor Douglas’s plan to change Vermont’s capital gains tax; The Vermont House gives preliminary approval to affordable housing legislation; More diseased bats are being reported in southwestern Vermont; A Manchester Center auto dealership is honored for programs that protect the environment and save energy; and commentator Ruth Page on late-winter beauty.