That’s the sound of Chittenden County Transportation Authority buses running again this morning after a nearly three-week long strike has ended with the approval of a new contract. State officials and the contractor building Vermont Health Connect have reached an agreement that sets a new schedule for launching missing functions and includes additional financial penalties for missed deadlines. A Vermont senate committee has unanimously approved a genetically modified food labeling bill. Officials in Brattleboro say a shooting happened at a hotel, and that it involved police.
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.
