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Vermont’s Economy

Economic indicators only tell us so much. Incomes rose a little bit in Vermont last year and the state minimum wage rose on January 1st. But we still have over 5 percent unemployment, and new unemployment claims spiked in the first week of the new year. We’ll look at how our economy has fared in recent years, and what that might tell us about the year ahead.

Midday Newscast June 13, 2008

Arts organizations across Vermont say the economic downturn is affecting them; two Vermont lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo Bay are hailing a Supreme Court decision allowing their clients to challenge their detention in a U.S. courtroom; more…