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Your emergency plan
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Whether the threat is terrorism or pandemic flu, emergency officials are still urging businesses and families to be prepared with a plan.Vermont Edition
House candidate Thomas Hermann
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Progressive candidate for Congress Thomas Hermann is an Iraq War veteran and a strong critic of how Congressman Peter Welch has cast some votes on funding for the war.Vermont Edition
Gov. candidate Anthony Pollina
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Anthony Pollina’s campaign for governor has been hit with questions about his party affiliation and financing – but he’s still campaigning hard and stating his position on a number of key issues. Also, how schoolkids are reducing their carbon footprints by walking and biking to school.Vermont Edition
Etiquette for young people
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College students are testing the waters of independent living and recent grads are emerging into the work world – and those big life transitions offer countless ways for a young person to commit a social faux pas. Etiquette experts from the Emily Post Institute share how young people can master social graces to ease the transition into adulthood.VPR News
VT Edition Interview: Representative Peter Welch
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with the Congressman.VPR News
Vt GOP looks for candidate to challenge Welch
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The head of the Vermont Republican Party says he hopes a candidate will emerge in the next few weeks to challenge incumbent Democratic Congressman Peter Welch.Vermont Edition
Senate President Peter Shumlin
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Peter Shumlin, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, updates us on whether lawmakers can conclude the legislative biennium this weekend. Also, VPR’s Ross Sneyd joins Bob Kinzel to analyze the top stories around the state, and we listen back to some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Morning Newscast: April 7, 2008
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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Some state lawmakers are concerned that progress has all but stalled in the state’s efforts to close the Vermont State Hospital; A University of Vermont researcher has some advice for parents and school administrators: Encourage kids to drink milk, even if it requires a spoonful of sugar to make it go down; Fraser Papers says it won’t have to lay off as many workers at its Gorham, New Hampshire mill next week as had been planned.Vermont Edition