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Midday Newscast, November 21, 2008

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Here are the top stories at 12: 05pm New England will experience a significant recession; a fund set up to help workers in the Bennington State office building has fallen short by $230,000; Congressman Peter Welch says Waxman election to Chair the House Committee on Energy and Commerce spells good news for VT; more…
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Recession’s pain to deepen in NH

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Economists say New Hampshire should weather the economic tornado sweeping through the country better than other states, but won’t escape deepening fiscal pain through next year.
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Economist: Vt. heading for deep recession

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With Vermont’s unemployment rate above 5 percent for the first time in 15 years, at least one prominent economist is predicting that the current economic downturn hasn’t hit bottom yet.
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Midday Newscast: May 30, 2008

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Vermont farm fields could one day be planted in hemp; Vermont’s state economist says it’s official: the state is now in a recession; A new report says Vermont’s the second-best place in America to raise children, even if it does have high health care costs; A new law will require photoelectric smoke detectors to be installed in every home in Vermont.