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VPR Newscast: Friday, March 14, 2014, 12:04 p.m.

The union that represents state workers and the Shumlin administration have struck a tentative deal to provide up to five days of paid sick leave per year for all temporary workers working in state government.

The Vermont Senate has passed and sent to the House a bill designed to keep low-risk drug offenders out of jail and get them treatment instead.

Chittenden County Transportation Authority bus drivers plan to go on strike Monday after rejecting a proposal to resolve differences through binding arbitration.

Despite a decline in dairy farms in Vermont, agriculture officials say milk production is constant and farmers are getting record-high prices for their milk.

Neal was a reporter and VPR's All Things Considered host from 2001 to 2014. He joined VPR in 1996, hosting VPR's jazz programming, including live performances from the VPR studios and the Discover Jazz Festival. Prior to VPR, Neal was a programmer and host for WNCS in Montpelier and WDEV in Waterbury. He holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.
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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