VPR Evening News January 1st, 2008

President Bush has signed a bill backed by Senator Patrick Leahy that
strengthens the Freedom of Information Act; Congressman Peter Welch is
bucking the national Democratic Party over fund-raising for the upcoming
election; Former Public Safety Commissioner Kerry Sleeper heads to the
private sector; Dozens of gay and lesbian couples in New Hampshire are
spending New Year’s Day as legal couples; Vermont’s Roman Catholic bishop
is urging parishioners of a Mount Holly Church destroyed by fire to keep a
positive outlook; and commentator Roger Cohen sees hope for the new year.