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Midday Newscast: July 15, 2008

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Here are the top stories at noon: Senate Democratic leaders are calling for Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the Brooke Bennett case and to consider a series of reforms; The Washington Electric Cooperative wants to expand their methane generating plant at the Coventry landfill…
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Symington calls Douglas to task in Bennett case

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The Democratic candidate for governor, Gaye Symington, is calling for an investigation of why the Vermont Department of Corrections recommended that convicted sex offender Michael Jacques be released from probation seven years early and without supervision.
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EPA’s criticism of Lake Champlain cleanup becomes scientific, political debate

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s criticism about the pace of cleaning up Lake Champlain has become a debate about science – and about politics. Governor Jim Douglas says it’s another example of the Bush administration’s refusal to effectively deal with environmental issues. But as VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, Democrat Gaye Symington sides with the EPA and says it’s Douglas who has failed the environment.
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VPR Evening News May 16th, 2008

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gaye Symington says Governor Douglas has shown too little leadership on some important issues; The Vermont Army National Guard has received an order for a possible mobilization in early 2010; Vermont’s top educator is leaving state government to become an administrator at UVM; Green Mountain Power plans to offer incentives for people thinking about installing solar panels to generate electricity; and commentator Willem Lange goes fishing.
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Morning Newscast: May 12, 2008

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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington is expected to announce today that she’s running for governor;  The rising cost of food has pushed up food shelf use in Vermont and across the country. It’s also made discount grocery stores a lot busier.  An anti-war group at the University of Vermont is pushing the school to divest its holdings in companies that profit from war.