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Welch says government should help dairy farmers
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Congressman Peter Welch and a bipartisan group of congressmen have re-invigorated a dairy farm caucus. The goal is to provide immediate relief for farmers, and to work on long-term reform of the milk pricing system.VPR News
Budget battle expands beyond this year
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The Douglas Administration argues that the approach taken by Democratic lawmakers will lead the state into massive deficits in 2011 and 2012.VPR News
Budget standoff looms at Statehouse
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Senate President Peter Shumlin says if the outline for a compromise isn’t reached by the weekend, lawmakers will forge ahead with a budget plan that Governor Jim Douglas will likely veto.Vermont Edition
State budget crisis
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This week nearly $20 million in budget cuts were proposed by the Douglas administration and the Joint Fiscal Committee, but they say that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Administration Secretary Neale Lunderville discusses the constantly shifting budget situation. Also on the program, how town budgets are taking a hit, and a new movie captures the spirit of Brattleboro’s Harmony Parking Lot.VPR News
Budget crisis may force cuts in Vermont’s health care programs
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The leader of the Vermont Senate says the state’s budget crisis may force lawmakers to cut health care programs.VPR News
Vermont fuel dealers want to meet with Sec. Paulson over credit crisis
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Fuel dealers from across New England say consumers could face higher heating prices this winter because of the credit crisis.VPR News
VT Edition: Robert Hansen & Matthew Vamvakis on how business schools look at the financial crisis
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Dean Robert Hansen at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and second year student Matthew Vamvakis about turning the financial chaos into a classic textbook case for students in the classroom.Vermont Edition
About that retirement plan….
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In this program: Experts have warned for years that Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement, but the unfolding financial crisis gives new urgency to that warning. Also, a 19th century Vermont painter’s images of Montpelier. And, a lesson in stacking firewood.VPR News