State documents show that the Shumlin administration was warned repeatedly over the last year that staffing shortages, technical problems and other issues with its main contractor threatened the launch of the state’s health exchange. Concerns about the state’s ability to launch the exchange on time started as early as this spring. About 650 Vermonters are set to lose their extended unemployment benefits. A New York federal appeals court says the legality of a tax on Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is best left up to a state court. But it shot down some of the plant operator's arguments against the tax anyway. A referendum of Vergennes voters has shown support for the city council’s endorsement of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion into the city.
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.
