Three Vermont lawyers are doing pro bono work for detainees. They’ll explain the impact of last month’s Supreme Court ruling, and update us on the results of hearing on Tuesday that might clarify the next steps for court proceedings.
State officials say Vermont’s woods and other areas are full
of ticks this spring; authorities have arrested 20 people accused of dealing
cocaine, heroin, and other drugs in New York’s North Country;
The EPA sent the state a strongly worded letter this spring outlining the ways the state has fallen short in its effort to reduce phosphorous loads in Lake Champlain. We’ll discuss the stratgies for the lake’s future health. And our series of audio postcards from Vermont towns continues with a visit to Readsboro.
As gasoline prices rise towards or past $4.00
a gallon, it’s not just drivers who are affected, some small gas stations also
feel the squeeze. Officials from the
Southwestern Medical Center are preparing pitch plans for a $45 million
hospital expansion; more…
Lisa Chase and Shawn Geoffroy of the University of Vermont’s Tourism
Data Center are urging the public to get involved and make their
concerns known in a series of roundtable discussion on land postings,
including one takng place today in Lyndonville.
They speak with VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb.
The House has begun debating an expansion of the Catamount
Health subsidized insurance program; abundant and frequent snow this winter has
been welcome in the business offices of Vermont’s ski resorts; a new community
center has opened in the city of Winooski, after five years of planning.
VPR’s Jane Lindholm payed a visit to the Vermont Folklife Center and spoke with new director Brent Bjorkman. She asked him what makes folk history different from other kinds of history.
Eighty years ago this weekend, floodwaters ravaged Vermont and left a deep legacy. We hear the memories of people who lived through the flood, and talk with historians about how that disaster changed the state.
Dartmouth College is humming with activity as students return to class and the Democratic presidential candidates hit the campus. On Wednesday night, students will be scrutinizing the candidates as they debate at the Hopkins Center on campus. Join Vermont Edition for a live broadcast from Dartmouth College, where we talk politics with students and learn how young people are sizing up the presidential race.