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 In Unprecedented Vote, Senate Suspends One Of Its Own | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 245

For the first time in its history, the Vermont Senate has suspended one of its own members. The Vermont Senate voted 20-10 Wednesday afternoon to...

 How The Sanders Campaign Plans To Win The Nomination And The White House | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 216

The leadership team of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has laid out what it says is the path to victory in the party's nomination...

 Leaders Unsure Marijuana Legalization Can Pass In 2016 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 100

The future of a bill to legalize marijuana is very much in doubt on this first day of the 2016 session. House Speaker Shap Smith says there are still...

 As Session Starts, Legislature Focuses On Pot, Medicaid, Act 46 And McAllister | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 303

Tuesday, the 2016 Legislative session kicks off in Montpelier. There's usually a lot more activity in the few first weeks of the second year of the...

 Wilmington Novelist Mines Her Life, And Her Hearing Loss, To Tell Stories | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 288

Writer Laura Stevenson has written two works of fiction inspired by her own life in Vermont. One of her books drew on the very personal experience of...

 To Prevent Floods And Erosion, Let Vermont's Rivers Take Their Own Path | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 299

As many Vermonters know all too well, catastrophic floods have become increasingly frequent in the state. In many cases, they devastate homes, roads and...

 An Early Adopter Of Universal Recycling Programs, Brattleboro Is Saving Money | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 164

Brattleboro started a sidewalk compost program five years ahead of Vermont's 2020 mandate, and the move is already saving the town money.

 Looking Back At 2015: Surprising Politics, Tragedy In Barre, Progress On Pollution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 761

On this final day of 2015 we're taking a look back at some of the year's most significant news stories, some of which will no doubt influence events in...

 After 142 Years, Quechee Community Church Closes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 181

The Quechee Community Church is closing, and the church building will be sold.

 Suspect In Church Street Murder Arrested In Mass. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 125

Police arrested Vermont native Chavis Murphy in Springfield, Mass. Tuesday night in connection with the weekend murder of a New York City man on Church...

 Underhill Rallies To Save Its General Store | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 138

Once again a group of local citizens is stepping in to save a Vermont general store in danger of closing. This time the effort is focused on giving...

 Shumlin Won't Raise Taxes To Fund Medicaid, Resists Reducing Benefits | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 154

Gov. Peter Shumlin says he won't ask the Legislature to raise taxes to pay for an expansion of the Medicaid program.

 Longtime Rutland Herald Photographer A.J. Marro Retires | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 283

Albert J. Marro has been a fixture at press conferences and sporting events in Rutland for nearly half a century. At the end of this month the longtime...

 South Burlington Teens Are Working To Keep Syrian Refugees Warm This Winter | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 152

The resettling of Syrian refugees in the U.S. has become a national debate: While many governors have tried to block Syrians from entering their states,...

 2 Major Business Groups Oppose Marijuana Legalization In Vermont | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 201

Backers of the push to legalize marijuana say the commercial cannabis market will be a boon for the Vermont economy. But some major employers are...

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