VPR Evening News May 7th, 2008

Governor Douglas has vetoed a bill that would have required Vermont Yankee to guarantee there’s enough money to dismantle the nuclear plant when it shuts down; Vermont Yankee will not be penalized for allowing a cooling tower to degrade so badly it collapsed last summer; Vermont super-delegates way it’s now pretty clear that Senator Barack Obama will be the Democrat’s presidential nominee; and commentator Ron Krupp on how the state is facilitating the ruse of locally grown food..

VPR Evening News March 31st, 2008

Vermont’s Democratic super-delegates have different ideas about the factors they should consider in selecting their party’s presidential nominee; Vermont Yankee is reducing its power output for several days so workers can fix a small leak; Eight people were injured when a tour bus slid off I-89 in Highgate; The commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife says a recent increase in hunting bodes well for the department’s finances; Green Mountain Power Corporation says its customers saw fewer power outages in 2007 than in previous years; Longtime Democratic activist Violet Coffin has died at the age of 87; and commentator Peter Gilbert on ESP.