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VPR Newscast: Monday, March 10, 2014, 12:04 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published March 10, 2014 at 12:04 PM EDT

Sen. Bernie Sanders recently told the “Nation Magazine”, that he was “prepared to run for President” in 2016.

Vernon’s police chief says she's worried for the town's safety after voters approved a measure that would strip the department's funding.

The president of Gun Owners of Vermont says a weekend rally at the Statehouse was a response to proposed changes to gun laws passed in Burlington last week.

Montpelier is looking to become the first state capital to get all of its energy from renewable resources.

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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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