Vermont Public is independent, community-supported media, serving Vermont with trusted, relevant and essential information. We share stories that bring people together, from every corner of our region. New to Vermont Public? Start here.

© 2024 Vermont Public | 365 Troy Ave. Colchester, VT 05446

Public Files:
WVTI · WOXM · WVBA · WVNK · WVTQ
WVPR · WRVT · WOXR · WNCH · WVPA
WVPS · WVXR · WETK · WVTB · WVER
WVER-FM · WVLR-FM · WBTN-FM

For assistance accessing our public files, please contact hello@vermontpublic.org or call 802-655-9451.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Explore our coverage of government and politics.

AG Sorrell On GMO Law, Campaign Finance

Attorney General Bill Sorrell faces Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan in the Democratic primary for re-election.
Toby Talbot
/
AP
Attorney General Bill Sorrell.

Attorney General Bill Sorrell is in the midst of two big stories this week. First, a federal judge gave the state an important, if partial, win on Monday in a lawsuit over Vermont's GMO labeling law. And then, Sorrell testified at the Statehouse on the issue of campaign finance rules, which some people say Sorrell himself has run afoul of. Wednesday on Vermont Edition, Attorney General Sorrell is our guest to discuss these and other issues his office is working on.

Also in the program, the president of Green Up Vermont, Melinda Vieux.  We crack through the familiarity of Vermont's annual litter cleanup to remember how Green Up Day got started (closing down the interstate, anyone?) and why Vermont doesn't have an Adopt-A-Highway program instead.

And, our feathered friends the woodcocks. We head into the woods to listen to their peenting mating call.

Broadcast live on Wed., April 29, 2015 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Patti is an integral part of VPR's news effort and part of the team that created Vermont Edition. As executive producer, Patti supervises the team that puts Vermont Edition on the air every day, working with producers to select and research show ideas, select guests and develop the sound and tone of the program.
Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Latest Stories