Several national companies that offer small loans at high interest rates have agreed to refund money to more than one thousand Vermont borrowers. The agreement is the result of a lawsuit brought by the Vermont Attorney General against companies illegally offering what are called ‘payday’ loans. The Vermont House has taken a final, and resounding, vote to pass a bill that's likely to make Vermont the first state with a labeling requirement for genetically modified foods. Governor Peter Shumlin and legislators have honored the 19 Olympians with ties to Vermont who competed at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
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.
