Senator
Patrick Leahy says one of his top priorities in the coming weeks is the passage
of a bill that requires the Bush Administration to obtain court approval before
putting new electronic wiretapping programs in place. Leahy is also opposed to plans to provide telephone
companies with retroactive immunity for their participation in surveillance
activities between 2001 and 2006.
VPR’s Bob Kinzel reports.
There’s been no shortage of snow this year, but officials at Cochran’s Ski
Area in Richmond are celebrating the installation of a new snowmaking system all the same.
Governor John
Lynch says the owners of a Claremont
company that shut down last week are hiding behind legal maneuvers rather than
honoring the rights of its former workers.