The private company that runs three out-of-state prisons where Vermont inmates are housed is defending its record on transparency. A Burlington-based nonprofit called the Vermont Fair Foods Campaign has released a report on working conditions in the state’s food industry. Police say the owner of a spa in Williston has been charged with allowing prostitution at the business. The Burlington School Board has fired a high school Spanish teacher who's accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
