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Legislators, Douglas try to agree on budget cuts
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The Douglas admininstration and legislative leaders are hoping that the framework for a consensus can be reached in the next week or two.VPR News
Lawmakers, administration officials to discuss heating assistance
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Key Vermont lawmakers and Douglas administration officials today are set to announce a series of steps designed to avert a crisis due to the high cost of heating fuel for next winter.VPR News
Statehouse budget cutting process back on track
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The process to cut next year’s budget by $25 million is back on track at the Statehouse after a major flare up on Thursday.VPR News
Political firestorm erupts over state budget
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A political firestorm over the state budget erupted today at the Statehouse. Democratic leaders and Republican Governor Jim Douglas are locked in a struggle that threatens to derail a bipartisan effort to resolve big budget issues.VPR News
List of $40 million in budget cuts presented to lawmakers
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The impact of Vermont’s revenue shortfall became very real this afternoon. That’s when a list of nearly $40 million in budget cuts was presented to key lawmakers and the Douglas Administration. The group needs to select $25 million in reductions from the list in the next few days.VPR News
Lean budget year creates political tension at Statehouse
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It’s a lean budget year in Vermont. The economy has slowed, so there’s less money coming into state government. Demand for services – like road repairs and health care – is high. And so are the political tensions at the Statehouse.VPR News
House Minority leader returns to Statehouse
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(Host) House Minority leader Steve Adams made an emotional return to the Statehouse on Tuesday, a month after having heart surgery. Adams told his House colleagues that his recuperation is going well and that he expects to be back in Montpelier on a full time basis after Town Meeting Day. But Adams said his return was difficult because of the death of his seat mate, Lyndonville Representative Cola Hudson, late last month: (Adams) "My return is obviously bittersweet I’ve sat in this chair here for seven years and have had the wisdom of seat # 113 guide me in many of the decisions that I’ve made and I as all of you do miss Cola." (Host) Dorset Rep. Patti Komline is the acting head of the House GOP caucus until Adams returns.VPR News
VPR Evening News October 19th, 2007
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Outgoing Public Safety Commissioner Kerry Sleeper says the impact of drug use is the biggest challenge facing Vermont’s law enforcement community; The Vermont Institute of Natural Science dedicates its Quechee campus in honor of Senator Jim Jeffords and his late wife, Liz; Peace activists adorn the Statehouse with symbolic flags representing those killed in Iraq; and commentator Paul Richardson remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis.VPR News