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VPR Newscast: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 12 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Melody Bodette,

Published December 12, 2013 at 4:03 PM EST

Gov. Peter Shumlin and top state officials have been in closed door discussions with the owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant over the decommissioning process.

Vermont's attorney general is suing Bank of America for alleged violations of Vermont's foreclosure mediation and consumer protection laws.

The voting period is wrapping up on whether an industrial wind project should be built on Seneca Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom town of Ferdinand.

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Melody Bodette

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.

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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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