
Andrea Laurion
News ProducerAndrea Laurion joined Vermont Public as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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Some of Vermont's nine bat species are endangered, and others are being threatened by disease and habitat destruction.
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The museum closed its doors in the fall, but organizers are hoping its collection will find a new home.
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The effect of the Trump administration's cuts to The Department of Education is causing a lot of uncertainty among educators.
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Dr. David Krag and his team are sifting through around 43,000 studies about opioids and addiction to create an easy-to-access research database.
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The proposed center will provide medical supervision to people using illegal drugs.
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Town officials from Burlington, Swanton, Plainfield, Bennington and Rockingham discuss important issues from their Town Meeting Day ballots.
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Neurodivergent Vermonters are organizing a mutual aid effort to provide each other with medicine, groceries and other support amid potential cuts to Medicaid and other federal funding. Plus, the state is finalizing plans to open its own cannabis testing lab, Vermont officials are closely monitoring for bird flu, Vermont Fish and Wildlife is proposing allowing hunters to take antlerless deer during the regular fall hunting season for the first time in years, and several blighted South Burlington buildings are being razed to make way for commercial space and housing.
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Black Vermonters have helped shape the state throughout history, arts and culture.
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Romantasy books are booming. Vermont authors and readers understand the appeal.
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Forget the flowers and candy — let's shine a light on our friends!