State officials say a newly disclosed security breach of Vermont Health Connect has not jeopardized the personal data of consumers. But critics of the new health insurance website aren’t convinced the incident was so benign. This latest episode promises to spark yet another political dustup over the massive reform initiative. Two brothers suspected along with their cousin of killing a 78-year-old woman during a botched robbery at her Sheffield home in 2010 and then dumping her body in a ravine have pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges. Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Franklin S. Billings has died.
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.
