UVM's tuition rates are among the highest of all public schools in the nation. The state's low funding for higher education is to blame for much of the...

Is Burlington's Church Street Smoking Ban Unfair?

Jan 23rd, 2015 4m 23s

Smoking is banned on Church Street in Burlington. It's a win for public health and many in Burlington who advocated for the ban, but (a minority of)...

Turn Out For What? Not Much, Apparently, In Vermont

Nov 13th, 2014 6m 54s

With a record low voter turnout rate in the 2014 general election and a weird (and ongoing) finish to the race for governor, there's plenty to catch up...

Ebola Worry Comes To Vermont

Oct 31st, 2014 9m 15s

A Rutland man was put in voluntary quarantine after visiting West Africa and returning to the state. And then everyone went into Ebola overdrive.

Will Uber Be Good For Burlington?

Oct 16th, 2014 5m 4s

The taxi-ish company Uber has launched in Burlington. Will convenience win out, or is Uber's hyper-competitive philosophy a bad fit for Vermont?

The Catch-Up: Ello

Sep 30th, 2014 6m 41s

Everybody seems to want an invite to Ello, the new social network pitching itself as the anti-Facebook. We talk about Ello's Vermont roots and its...

The Catch-Up: Vermont Beers

Sep 19th, 2014 4m 53s

Vermont has a whole lot of craft breweries these days. Is there really a market for all this booze?

The Catch-Up: Lake Champlain Is Kinda Gross

Sep 2nd, 2014 5m 50s

You might have heard about these blue-green algae blooms on Lake Champlain. But do you know what they smell like? What causes them? The health effects?...

The Catch-Up: Primary Elections, Explained

Aug 19th, 2014 4m 53s

What's the point of primary elections? What are "open primaries"? In the first installment of The Catch-Up, VPR's new explainer series, we tell you...

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