Governor Peter Shumlin has announced the state is paying off the final $54 million of a federal loan taken out for unemployment benefits during the last recession. FEMA spent over $185 million in Vermont after Tropical Storm Irene, and a big chunk of that money went to mental health services. A federal judge has rejected a former fire department captain's request to exclude statements he made to police about nearly two dozen suspicious wildfires set in 2008. Rainfall in the month of June caused flash flooding and problems for farmers, ruining the strawberry season for some.