VPR News Merchants Bank declines bailout money By Ross Sneyd | December 30, 2008 At least one Vermont bank qualified for money from the federal government’s bailout of the financial industry.
VPR News Midday Newscast: December 30, 2008 By Mitch Wertlieb | December 30, 2008 Sen. Bernie Sanders says Congress will act quickly to pass a massive economic stimulus package; later this afternoon, demonstrators in Vermont plan to protest Israel’s strikes against Palestinians in Gaza;