Periodically VPR features an in-depth look at a major story in our region. In the past, these stories have included major coverage of Education Funding and Education Reform, Teens at Risk, The Changing Climate, the effect of our neighbor Quebec on Vermont, and many more.

My Vermont
My Vermont is a multi-part project that focuses on what Vermonters value about living here and the challenges we face in the future. VPR invites listeners into our studios to record their thoughts for possible broadcast. We'll air these personal essays during the month of May, concluding with a documentary summarizing what we've learned. Read More »

Patrick Leahy In The News
Read and listen to VPR's coverage of Patrick Leahy's recent statements urging Hillary Clinton to drop out the presidential race as well as his keynote address at the mid-winter meeting of the Vermont Bar Association. Read More »

Rough Roads: VPR special series about Vermont's road conditions
In this special series, Morning Edition VPR looked at the conditions of Vermont's roads and what we can do about them in a special series of news reports. This report included scores of reports and photos from listeners about the conditions in their communities. Read More »

Vermont Women: A Women's History Month Special Series
VPR is celebrating Women's History Month with a special series of stories about Vermont Women - as told by Vermont Women. Listen this week during Morning Edition, as VPR examines the lasting contributions of five unique individuals. Read More »

Getting By: A Special VPR Series on Low-wage living in Vermont
VPR talks with Vermonters who are getting by on minimum and low wage jobs. Read More »

2007: A Year in Review
Join host Steve Delaney as he looks at the year's stories from Vermont's cultural, political and business landscape. Today during Vermont Edition and All Things Considered. Read More »

The Future of Healthcare
Our Week-Long Series Continues During Morning Edition & All Things Considered. Most Vermonters are about to be touched by changes in the way health care comes to them, how they pay for it and how their records are kept. VPR's week-long series explores how health care reform affects you. Read More »

The China Project
A group of young Vermont musicians traveled to China this summer and experienced the enormous and complex nation in a way the average tourist never could. In collaboration with the Young Writers Project, VPR hears the voices of those students in "The China Project". Listen Monday and Tuesday during Vermont Edition on VPR. Read More »

Audio Postcards from Vermont Towns
We asked listeners to tell us a little something about their towns – the people and places that make each village unique. Well, you responded and flooded our email inboxes with suggestions. Our ongoing series pokes around in towns across the state. Read More »

Patrick Leahy's Increasing National Role
From illegal wiretaps to the scandal over the political dismissal of U.S. Attorneys, Patrick Leahy has emerged as his party's point person against the administration. For this speical two-part series, VPR's Bob Kinzel traveled to Washington to look into Leahy's new role. Read More »

Dorothy Thompson's Vermont Journal
Dorothy Thompson was a larger-than-life public figure, one of the most famous women of the 1930s and 40s and a part-time Vermonter. VPR presents "Dorothy Thompson's Vermont Journal", a series of commentaries by Cyndy Bittinger, based on her research of Thompson's life. Read More »

Homeless in Vermont
Homeless in Vermont A special VPR program hosted by Neal Charnoff Homelessness is a persistent problem in Vermont, and it’s on the rise among families with children. VPR examines the changing face of homelessness in “Homeless in Vermont." We look at the growing number of families and working poor who are in need of shelter. We also visit a homeless family, talk with shelter providers, and hear about the renewed effort to address this troubling issue. Read More »

Bill Clinton's Keynote Address to the Middlebury College Graduating Class of 2007
On May 27, 2007 Former President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote address to the Middlebury College graduating class of 2007. Speaking to a larger than usual crowd, the former president stressed the importance of building "community" in the world. VPR was there as the former president took the podium. Read More »

Vermont Women: Part of Women's History Month
VPR offers a special series featuring the voices and stories of a cross-section of Vermont women about the lasting contributions women have made to our life and culture here in Vermont. Read More »

Senate Economic Development Committee Hearing:
Resolution S.R. 11 - Iraq war testimony
On March 2, 2007 anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan testified at a hearing endorsing the Vermont Legislature's call to withdraw troops from Iraq. The hearing came three weeks after both the House and the Senate went on record against the war. It drew passionate testimony from Vermonters both for and against continuing the war. Read More »

2007 Town Meeting Day Coverage
Coverage of Vermont's Town Meeting Day, 2007. Read More »

The Future of Education
VPR's Bob Kinzel hosts two 90-minute specials on the future of education in Vermont. The two broadcasts feature panel discussions, reports, and of course, questions from our live audience, including listener calls. Contributing to the symposium are VPR’s Nina Keck, Steve Zind, Susan Keese and Lynne McCrea. Read More »

The St. Valentine's Day 2007 Blizzard
VPR covers the 2007 St. Valentine's Day Blizzard. Read More »

Governor Douglas' 2007 Budget Address
Listen to Governor Douglas' 2007 Budget Address. Read More »

2006 Year in Review
The death penalty, the war in Iraq and an election year that saw unprecedented campaign spending are just a few of the issues Vermonters talked about in 2006. It was the year International Paper conducted a test burn of tires in Ticonderoga New York, over intense opposition from Vermont. The issues of illegal immigrant farm workers in the state made news. A controversial sentence for child abuse brought national attention to a Vermont judge, and the long quest for recognition for Vermont’s Abenaki Indians took a big step forward. Join host, Steve Delaney as we ponder these and other events of 2006. Read More »

The Changing Climate
Climate change series. Read More »

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