Gas
prices in the Burlington area were between ten cents and 43 cents higher than a
Federal Trade Commission computer model projected they should be in the month
of June.
Senator Bernie
Sanders wants a federal probe of gas prices in Chittenden County. Sanders says the investigation is needed because gas prices
in Chittenden County are considerably higher than in other parts of the
state.
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ plan
to give individual states the authority to require the labeling of genetically
engineered foods has been defeated in the U.S. Senate by a three to one
margin. His proposal was one of
more than 70 amendments to the 2012 Farm Bill.
The U.S. Senate
has voted to back an Environmental Protection Agency rule that Senator Bernie
Sanders says will protect Vermonters and others in downwind states by
controlling mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Senator Bernie Sanders discusses the state of the U.S. Postal Service, keeping rural post offices open and ways the Post Office can
innovate to remain relevant.
Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca discusses the department’s change to a state agency, and Senator Bernie Sanders looks at the future of rural post offices.