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Midday Newscast May7, 2008

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There’s a traffic disruption today on one of the most heavily traveled stretches of road in Vermont; a developer hoping to double the size of a Bennington Wal-Mart has filed for a state land-use permit; more…
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Morning Newscast: April 29, 2008

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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: More than a third of Vermont’s schools failed to make progress in the past year toward increasing their students’ test scores.The Vermont House has approved legislation that makes all library records confidential, unless a judge issues a warrant for the information.
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Rutland voters will decide how to adopt future school budgets

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Voters in nearly every Vermont town have a chance to say yes or no to their school budget on Town Meeting Day. But in Rutland City, voters have traditionally trusted their elected school officials on budget matters. That may change, depending on the outcome of a controversial ballot item.
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NEA plans campaign against two-vote budget law

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The Vermont NEA, the state’s teachers union, is planning to wage an aggressive campaign this fall to overturn a new law that calls for two votes on education budgets in higher spending towns. Supporters of the law say they’re surprised and dismayed by the group’s actions.
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State Catholic schools grapple with declining enrollment

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As schools in Vermont prepare for the beginning of classes, one long time elementary school will not open next week. Sacred Heart School in Newport has been in operation for more than a century. As VPR’s Steve Zind reports, the state’s remaining Catholic schools are grappling with some of the same factors that led to the closing of Sacred Heart.