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Newscast: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:04 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb

Published May 9, 2013 at 2:16 PM EDT

The Vermont House will consider legislation today to require labeling of food sold in Vermont containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Three property owners whose homes were destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene just got word that FEMA will not approve them for a federal program that buys flood-damaged properties.

The Vermont attorney general's office says it has settled complaints that a Los Angeles company sent mailings to Vermont companies that appeared to be bills.

Several Vermont state senators are getting behind a bill aimed at overturning weakened restrictions on campaign donations and spending.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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