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Heating oil sticker shock to hit New England
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Homeowners who heat with oil are feeling sticker shock as heating oil prices rise to more than $4.50 a gallon.Vermont Edition
My Vermont Project: Affordability
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VPR continues the My Vermont series with a special week devoted to challenges and concerns of listeners. Today we ask the question: What can be done to make Vermont a more affordable place to live? You can post your comments online.VPR News
Midday Newscast: May 15, 2008
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Testimony began this morning in the rape and murder trial of Brian Rooney of Richmond; Social service agencies say hungry Vermonters will benefit from the farm bill that passed Congress; more…VPR News
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.VPR News
Welch says his plan to suspend shipments to the national reserve is gaining support
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s encouraged that a number of prominent Republicans are now backing his plan to suspend shipments to the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve.VPR News
Morning Newscast: May 8, 2008
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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Wednesday, Democrats in the Senate rolled out a bill targeting high gas prices. Both of Vermont’s senators are firmly behind the bill, which targets record profits at oil companies. Vermont members of the Democratic National Committee say it’s now pretty clear that Illinois Senator Barack Obama is going to be their party’s presidential nominee.VPR News
Morning Newscast: May 2, 2008
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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: More Vermonters have turned to food stamps to help them make ends meet, and at the same time, the price for that food has risen faster than it has in 30 years. A state panel says a mural painted on the side of a barn to promote the village of Bellows Falls is illegal because it violates the state billboard ban. So lawmakers from the region tucked an exception to the ban into a transportation bill that’s still pending in Montpelier. ..VPR News
Food prices rise, demand for Food Stamps up
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More Vermonters have turned to food stamps to help them make ends meet. And at the same time, the price for that food has risen faster than it has in 30 years.Vermont Edition
