Vermont Edition
'The Last Station' And Last Days Of Leo Tolstoy
Tuesday, 02/09/10 Noon and 7pm
The final tumultuous year of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's life is told in the film The Last Station. We talk with Middlebury writer Jay Parini, whose novel is the basis of that movie. Also, a Green Mountain College professor describes his research into mummies of the ancient Chinchorro people of Chile.
VPR News
Few Schools Propose Budget Increases
Tuesday, 02/09/10
A majority of school boards have proposed budgets that wouldn't increase spending above this year's levels. The Douglas administration says that's good news, but there's concern that property tax rates might still increase significantly in many towns.
VPR News
FairPoint Sees Its Debt Cut In Reorganization Plan
Monday, 02/08/10
The region's dominant phone company, FairPoint Communications, will see its debt cut by almost two-thirds
under a reorganization plan filed with bankruptcy court.
VPR News
Dartmouth Gives Details Of Budget Cuts
Monday, 02/08/10
Dartmouth College has announced a series of cuts to close a budget gap
of $100 million over the next two years. Dartmouth's President said trustees and administrators have
worked to minimize the impact of the cuts on the community.
Commentary Series
McClaughry: Education Reform Report
Tuesday, 02/09/10 5:55pm
Commentator John McClaughry is Vice President of the Ethan Allen Institute, a Vermont policy research and education organization, that recently sponsored a commission to study the future of education in Vermont.
VPR News
Nuclear Power Up For Debate At UVM
Monday, 02/08/10
Whether
or not new nuclear plants should be built is up for debate this afternoon at the University of Vermont's Janus Forum. Arguing against more plants is
Tyson Slocum of the group Public Citizen. He'll be speaking with author and
journalist William Tucker.
- Statehouse Schedule
- Senate Votes For Bill To Reduce Spending By $38 Million
- Rutland Police Officer Investigated For Child Porn
- Groundwater Contamination At Vt. Yankee As Big As Football Field
- Few Schools Propose Budget Increases
- Dartmouth To Accept Haitian Students
- NH Panel To Act On Same-Sex Marriage Repeal Measures
- Budget Committees Take Testimony About Cuts
- Burlington Teacher Contract Under Negotiation
- Vermont Yankee Tritium Level Down Slightly
- Hodes Says Vermont Yankee Taking Necessary Steps
- FairPoint Sees Its Debt Cut In Reorganization Plan
- Dartmouth Gives Details Of Budget Cuts
- Vermont Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges
- VPR Presents Chris Hedges
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- Senator Bernie Sanders
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- Vermont Catholics And The Modern Church
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- McClaughry: Education Reform Report
- Luskin: Mostly Befuddlement
- Moats: A Distinctive Voice
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NPR HEADLINES
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