VPR Evening News June 11th, 2008

Congressman Peter Welch has voted to ask the House Judiciary Committee to investigate articles of impeachment against President Bush; The EPA angered Governor Douglas with its criticism of the state’s efforts to clean up Lake Champlain, but those are not new concerns; Remembering Sara Gear Boyd; and commentator Tom Slayton on homegrown pesto.

Republican leader Sara Gear Boyd dies at 67

Sara Gear Boyd is being remembered as a trail blazing, common sense political leader who had a strong impact at both the state and national level. During her state legislative career, she was the first woman in the country to serve as majority leader of both the House and the Senate. Gear Boyd died of cancer Tuesday morning at the age of 67. VPRs Bob Kinzel has more.