Vermont's unemployment rate has climbed again. The state Department of Labor says the rate for July was 5.7 percent. That's up two-tenths of a percentage point from July.

Vermont's landfills are few, and some of what we throw away is now trucked out of state.  We look at how solid waste is handled, and efforts to divert more of away from landfills.

(Host) The House has approved legislation that's designed to create new job opportunities for members of the Vermont National Guard who recently returned from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan. The chairman of the House commerce committee says the bill is needed because as many as 30% of the 1500 Guard members who served in Afghanistan are out of work.

Governor Jim Douglas and Democratic leaders have reached a compromise that will erase a growing deficit in the state's unemployment insurance fund. The agreement calls for businesses to pay more, while workers will see a freeze in benefits.

According to a new report, unemployment in Vermont dropped faster than in any other state in the country last month. But state officials believe the good news is going to be short lived and doesn't represent a turnaround for the state economy.

This ongoing VPR series that looks at how the economy is affecting the lives of Vermonters returns for an update beginning August 3rd.

Parricia Moulton Powden, Warren Kitsmiller and Michael Marcotte talk with VPR's Jane Lindholm about the status of the state's unemployment insurance fund

Vermont's unemployment insurance fund is running out of money. We discuss options for restoring it to health. And Candace Page reports on the status of wind projects around the state.

New Hampshire's unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.5 percent in May.

Business groups want the state to raise their taxes in order to shore up the state's unemployment insurance trust fund. But in exchange for paying more, the businesses also want benefits reduced for unemployed workers.

As the Legislature struggles to balance the state budget, it also hopes to address a growing deficit in the state's unemployment insurance trust fund.

There's plenty of talk about layoffs, but state Labor Commissioner Patricia Moulton Powden says there are some signs that the economy may have begun to stabilize.

Unemployment in New Hampshire reached 6.2% in March, the highest since mid-1993.

By agreeing to a number of provisions in the stimulus law, the state will be able to get almost $14 million in extra money for people who have lost their jobs.

Vermont's unemployment rate rose in February to 7 percent - its highest level in 17 years.

New Hampshire's unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent last month, but it's still well below the national rate of 7.6 percent.

We return now to our occasional series on how the recession is affecting Vermonters, with an update on Meghann Cline. She's the mother of 3 young children who's been homeless since last fall. The economy has made her situation even worse.

Today as part of our Hitting Home series, with charitable and corporate giving  down, VPR's Nina Keck reports on the fight to save a landmark arts center in Rutland.

A few displaced workers in the Northeaast Kingdom are doing what may seem like the impossible in these dark days. They're starting their own businesses. VPR's Charlotte Albright recently met one of them in St. Johnsbury.  

The Department of Labor has resource centers around the state staffed with computers, resources and people who can help you look and apply for a job. We visited the Burlington Resource Center and met with the manager, John Vowles.