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VT Edition interview: Shortage of shingles vaccine

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On Monday, the Vermont Department of Health announced that it had run out of a free shingles vaccine it was distributing at its Burlington District Office. Jane Lindholm talks with Don Swartz, Medical Director for the Vermont Department of Health, about the vaccine and the illness it’s designed to prevent.
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Food and music for July 4th

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We’re celebrating the fourth of July with food and music. We’ll talk with a UVM professor who’s written a book about how regional food is rich in taste and value. And we’re treated to a performance by the Vermont bluegrass group Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys – they have a new album out.
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Debate over big box stores simmers

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For a number of years in the 1990s, Wal-Mart stores symbolized Vermont’s debate about its future. Eventually, the big retailer opened stores in Bennington, Rutland, Berlin and Williston, and attention shifted. But the debate was never fully resolved and, now, with new proposals, it’s simmering again. VPR’s Ross Sneyd has more.
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Public input sought for wildlife management plans

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Vermont’s Fish and Wildlife Department says the health of the state’s big-game species is generally good. Biologists say they want that to continue. So they’re drafting new policies that will guide wildlife management for the next decade. VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports.
Vermont Edition
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Mental Health Parity

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The Vermont House has passed legislation to strengthen the state’s mental health parity law. We talk with Rep. Mike Fisher who supports the measure. Also, we talk to Justice of the Peace Zeke Church about the job of marrying couples, and our series of audio postcards from Vermont towns takes us to Reading, population 707.