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VPR Newscast: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 12:00 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published November 14, 2013 at 1:34 PM EST

The Vermont Republican Party’s new chair says he’ll work on re-building the party by addressing the issues most important to Vermonters.

Four Vermont groups are getting $350,000 in federal grants to help improve housing conditions for low-income residents in rural areas.

The head of the American Civil Liberties Union in Vermont says a grand jury should be called to review the fatal police shooting of a Burlington man last week.

Vermont officials have unveiled new universal symbols for recycling, food scraps and trash.

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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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Annie Russell

Annie Russell was VPR's Deputy News Director. She came to VPR from NPR's Weekends on All Things Considered and WNYC's On The Media. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.

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