There are big changes in the test that’s given to people who have not graduated from high school but want an equivalent degree. The General Educational Development Test, or GED, is harder and more expensive to take than it used to be. That’s scaring off a lot of test takers, but Vermont offers an alternative route to a diploma. Vermont's "net metering" bill that nearly quadruples the amount of power that utilities can buy from renewable energy projects is becoming law. New statistics show medical marijuana is booming in Vermont.
The Vermont attorney general's office says it has settled a consumer protection complaint against Irving Oil for about $425,000.
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.
Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
