The sequester goes into effect today. How will it affect Vermont?

Governor Peter Shumlin talks with Vermont Edition about the timeline for implementing a single payer health care system, and possibilities for funding it.

These were some of the voices in the news this week.

Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law Thursday morning that creates mandatory recycling and composting requirements to be phased in over the next few years. Waster haulers will eventually be required to collect leaf and yard, as well as food waste.

A new state energy plan calls for a dramatic shift in how Vermonters drive to work and where they get their electricity.  And now, the Shumlin Administration is taking the plan on the road to gather public reaction.