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Interview: Economist David Colander
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In some ways, it’s hard to understand why Vermont is feeling the fallout from the burst of a housing bubble the state largely avoided. But with more layoff announcements happening weekly, Middlebury College economics professor Doctor David Colander says the reality is hitting home that Vermont is not an economic island.VPR News
Vt. mother takes salmonella testimony to Capitol Hill
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A salmonella outbreak linked to peanuts recently hit South Burlington. A seven-year-old boy was hospitalized for several days as a result.VPR News
Vt. lawmakers claim more fortitude than NH counterparts, who took snow day
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Here’s a possible new motto for New Hampshire, the "Live Free or Die" state: Live free on your snow day off or die trying to get to work.Vermont Edition
Keeping the arts in business
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This economy has people in Vermont’s arts scene looking at practical questions of keeping community theater, gallery exhibitions and music festivals in business. Also, two Vermont rivers may earn the congressional designation of "wild and scenic." And VPR’s Steve Zind continues our series of reports from Iran.VPR News
VPR Evening News January 30, 2009
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Debate over Act 68 school funding; Legislative committee examines issue of asbestos contamination in Lowell; Justice Deparment will investigate salmonella outbreak after Sen. Leahy calls for probe of Peanut Corp. of America; Commentator John Fox on the yin and yang of the Superbowl.VPR News
Legislation would limit drug company gifts to physicians
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The proposed legislation has the support of the state’s medical society, which says the public needs confidence that doctors are not improperly influenced by drug company payments.VPR News
Midday Newscast: January 26, 2009
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says the United States is headed for a depression unless Congress acts now on an economic stimulus package; far fewer businesses were started in Vermont last year … and the number that folded began to rise; more…VPR News
Midday Newscast: January 22, 2009
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A new law inspired by the rape and murder of a girl in Randolph last summer won preliminary approval in the state Senate just a few minutes ago; Gov. Jim Douglas outlines his budget proposals in a couple of hours;VPR News
