
20 episodes

Local News Podcast Vermont Public Radio
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4.2 • 30 Ratings
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Local news, reporting and newscasts from Vermont Public.
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How one Vermont photographer is taking his reproductive health into this own hands in response to the Roe V. Wade decision
Many Vermonters have pledged support for safe reproductive healthcare after the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Some have raised money to help fund access to safe abortion care in states where the ruling ended that right. Vermont photographer and musician Luke Awtry decided to schedule a vasectomy.
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Recent SCOTUS ruling could lead more public funding toward Vt. religious schools
The state of Maine pays for kids in towns not large enough to build their own schools to attend schools elsewhere, both public and private. Vermont is the only other state with a similar tuition program for sparsely populated areas, often called “sending towns.” And now, it might be more difficult to prevent public funding from going to schools for explicitly religious instruction.
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Summer School: From the Grateful Dead to your backyard, Nathaniel Hall makes sure everyone gets to drum
Nathaniel Hall has been making hand drums from his studio in Windham County for almost 30 years. For this episode of Summer School he teaches us how.
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The evolution of early voting in Vermont
Early voting for Vermont’s Aug. 9 primary election is underway. How did this system develop in Vermont, and what are some of the potential impacts that early voting might have on political campaigns? Vermont Public's senior political correspondent Bob Kinzel explains.
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Montreal International Jazz Fest returns in full after two years of limited lineups
The Montreal Jazz Fest is back in full force this year after several years of pared down festivals due to the pandemic.
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Vermont's Beta Technologies is growing fast. But it faces challenges on its path to electric flight — Part 2
A company in South Burlington wants to revolutionize the future of flight. Beta Technologies is part of a fast-growing industry working to build electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Beta has grown rapidly in the past five years. But the company is still several years away from launching its product, and it faces obstacles ahead.
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