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 Is Burlington's Church Street Smoking Ban Unfair? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 263

Smoking is banned on Church Street in Burlington. It's a win for public health and many in Burlington who advocated for the ban, but (a minority of)...

 With A New Album, Proctor's Caitlin Canty Sets Her Sights On Nashville | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 141

Proctor born singer and songwriter Caitlin Canty will perform on Saturday in West Rutland. Canty just finished her first tour of Europe and is coming...

 High Burlington-Area Gas Prices Mystify Lawmakers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 204

It’s clear lawmakers have been hearing from constituents about the wide disparity in gas prices in Vermont – especially higher prices in the Burlington...

 Regional Report: Vermont Yankee's First Tax Deal Since The Shutdown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 442

What's the value of a dormant nuclear power plant?That's the question facing folks in Vernon now that Vermont Yankee has shut down for good - after...

 Vermont Play Tackles Teen Romance In The Age Of Social Media | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 286

In 2005, Hinesburg writer Chris Tebbetts co-wrote a book titled m or f? with Lisa Papademetriou. On Jan. 24 at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph,...

 State's Contract With Economist Jonathan Gruber Under Scrutiny | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 218

Health economist Jonathan Gruber won notoriety last year for his unflattering remarks about the “stupidity of the American voter.” But here in Vermont,...

 Public Post: Innovative Decorations, Parking Bans, River Of Light | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 315

Locally developed solar-powered wreaths decorate Randolph's Main Street. Winter parking bans go into effect. Waterbury celebrates with its annual River...

 Administration Hopes Payroll Tax Will Pressure Exempt Companies To Join Single Payer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 171

Gov. Peter Shumlin says he'll unveil his financing plan for a single-payer health care system at the end of this month and the administration has made a...

 At UVM Summit, Vermont Students Take Climate Change To School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 142

Much of the rhetoric around climate change centers on the world today's children will inherit, but this week at UVM those kids started taking things...

 Shumlin Names New Secretaries Of Administration, Human Services | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 222

Gov. Peter Shumlin has filled two of the highest-profile cabinet positions in state government. And the new secretaries of administration and human...

 What's Happening At FairPoint? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 486

FairPoint Communications has been in the news a lot lately. VPR’s Steve Zind has been following the developments and explains the major issues to...

 Report Finds Vermonters Willing To Give Up (Not Enough) Green To Improve Water Quality | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 162

A new report from the University of Vermont says Vermonters are willing to pay more – but still not nearly enough – to improve water quality in Vermont....

 Rutland's Wonderfeet Children's Museum Expands, Hopes To Become A Destination | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 107

The Wonderfeet Children’s Museum in Rutland will move into a new, larger space next month. Organizers believe new and better exhibits and expanded hours...

 Eyes On Orion: Local Viewing Session For NASA Space Craft Launch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 477

NASA’s plans to launch their new space craft, Orion, on Friday, Dec. 5 at 7 a.m. It is set to travel 3,600 miles from earth, orbiting the planet two...

 In The NEK, Young Singers Reprise Balkan Chorus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 198

A group of young girls in a Northeast Kingdom school are making a lot of joyful noise this season. They belong to a chorus started two decades ago by a...

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