Political leaders and advocates for low-income Vermonters are warning that further cuts to food assistance will make an already difficult situation worse. Dept. of Corrections asking for an additional $1.5 million to cover its 2013 budget. State officials make more technical fixes to Vermont Health Connect but people must still pay by check as credit card system still untested. Head of Appropriations Committee concerned about tripling of housing assistance money and says new strategies are needed to fight homelessness.
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.
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.
