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A year and a half ago, lawmakers created a commission to study our courts and they gave it a hefty task: find a way to save at least $1 million dollars and make the system more efficient and effective for Vermonters. Commission members say they've met their task, and they've presented their report to the legislature. We hear from Chief Justice Paul Reiber, and commission member and attorney Eileen Blackwood about how they found those savings and what recommendations they make to streamline our courts.
In 2002 the book "Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom" described a life under the Taliban where women were largely confined to their homes and barred from working or going to school. Zoya is a pseudonym used to protect the identity of the book's author. She's part of a self-described radical women's group. The group is called RAWA: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Recently Zoya was in our area and VPR's Steve Zind spoke with her.
