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Town Meeting Day
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VPR’s Town Meeting page contains our complete coverage of Town Meeting Day including, news stories, interviews, photos from across trhe state, the complete audio from our special call-in program and listener posts about the day.VPR News
For 41st year, Doyle will issue his Town Meeting survey
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The results of this year’s Town Meeting survey could provide information about trends on issues such as same sex marriage, the gas tax and Governor Douglas’s approval ratings.VPR News
Midday Newscast: March 2, 2009
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State Treasurer Jeb Spaulding says he’s confident that that lawmakers will approve bonding to pay for road and bridge repairs; some of that federal stimulus money has begun to flow into Vermont; more…VPR News
Vermont Edition interview: New Hampshire’s “tax pledge”
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It’s called "The Pledge" – and it’s long been the third rail of New Hampshire politics. For years, New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates have had to take the pledge by promising to oppose a broad based income or sales tax in the granite state. But this year at town meeting in New Hampshire, dozens of communities considered a resolution that would put them on record against the pledge.VPR News
Broadband network could be available by next year
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A broadband communications network could be available to residents of central and eastern Vermont by the end of next year. That’s the word from organizers of an initiative known as East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network.VPR News
School budgets fare well on Town Meeting Day
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Most school budgets fared very well on Town Meeting Day. Local voters rejected only 9 budgets – that’s the lowest number in many years.VPR News
The sounds of Town Meeting Day
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From school budgets to town budgets to presidential primaries, Town Meeting Day was one of participation and conversation. As we start to close the book on Town Meeting 2008, here are some of the sounds from the day:Vermont Edition
Reaction to Vermont Primary and School Budget Votes
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Political analyst Eric Davis joins Jane Lindholm for a final analysis of Vermont’s outcome in yesterday’s Democratic contests. Also, the directors of the School Boards Association and the Superintendents Association assess how school budgets faired across the state. And we listen back to some of the sounds of Town Meeting Day.VPR News