Everything you wanted to know about polling, but were afraid to ask
Legitimate, balanced polling does reflect public opinion. What’s often overlooked is that reporting public opinion may then alter it.
Digger Tidbits: CVPS, GMP grilled; VPR asks for money; rescue groups focus on accessibility
The AARP, which is pushing for CVPS to return $21 million to ratepayers, said testimony revealed that Gaz Metro, GMP’s parent company, was always prepared to pay that money.
Gov. Peter Shumlin’s public appearance schedule for March 10-17
On Friday, the governor will be on WDEV’s the Mark Johnson Show at 9:30 a.m. and on VPR’s Vermont Edition with Bob Kinzel at noon.
VPT and VPR to webcast governor’s Jan. 5 State of the State address
Vermont Public Television and Vermont Public Radio will collaborate on live web coverage of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s state of the state address from the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, Jan. 5, at 2 p.m. Viewers will find it at VPT’s website, www.vpt.org, and VPR’s website, www.vpr.net.
VPR tells the personal stories of Irene victims in one hour special
Tropical Storm Irene left an indelible signature scrawled on our landscape. The costs are still being tallied, but we do know the flood changed how we see the future. Vermont Public Radio presents “The Irene Effect” on Wednesday, December 14th at noon and 7 p.m. The hour-long special tells the personal stories of Vermonters still [...]
Casella Waste, VPR donate 6,500 books to Children’s Literacy Foundation
As part of VPR’s May membership drive, Casella Waste Systems donated one new book to CLiF for every pledge received. As a result, Casella donated 6,500 new books to directly benefit at-risk children in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Evslin, Blittersdorf face off on WDEV and VPR on Thursday
Is the price Vermonters pay for solar electricity too high and counter-productive? Or are the subsidies from ratepayers and taxpayers necessary to save the environment and the economy? I asserted “way too high” in a post last week. I’ll be grilled Thursday both on the Mark Johnson show on WDEV and on Vermont Public Radio’s Vermont Edition.
Halkias: Cocktails and consequences at Bull Run
Bull Run was a catalyst reaching far past our shores, and its own era. The South’s defeat was sealed the day after Bull Run. Lincoln’s subsequent decision to mobilize began a brutal war of attrition.
Dunsmore: Arab states face uncertainty
The tricky problem is devising a new strategy that deals with the new political realities – but which also continues to protect American interests in the region.
Galloway on Vermont Edition for reporters’ roundtable Thursday
The reporters will explore news stories from 2010 that will have a lasting impact well into 2011 and beyond.
