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Newscast: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 12:04 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Lynne McCrea,

Published December 17, 2013 at 12:42 PM EST

Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders are applauding a federal judge's ruling that says the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records likely violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches.

Two reports on policy changes needed to address climate change have been released.

Governor Peter Shumlin, farmers, forest product leaders and others are in Randolph today attending a conference designed to promote Vermont's "Working Landscape."

Rutland hopes to beat cities like New York, Boston, and Los Angeles in blood donations today in this year’s Gift of Life Marathon blood drive.

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Lynne McCrea

Lynne worked for Vermont Public from 2002 to 2022 as a producer/reporter for special news projects.

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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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