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Victim of Crime Interviews: Victim of Crime Interviews -Karen Vastine-Raw 03/12/2014

Brenda Pitmon, SafeSpace, Karen Vastine, Parallel Justice and Judy Rex of VCCVS are interviewed.

Gun Owners of Vermont Pro-Gun Rally 03/09/2014

Gun Owners of Vermont organization sponsored a Pro-Gun Rally on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse. More informaiton at: www.gunownersofvermont.org

Speakers include: Val Harris, host, opening remarks
George Raymond, veteran pledge of allegiance
Erika Eldred, raffle info

Ed Cutler, Pres of Gun Owners of Vermont
Sen. Joe Benning
John McClaughry, Vice President Ethan Allen Institute
Scott Chapman, VT2a
Paul Dame, President Vermont Young Republicans
Mark Donka, US House Candidate
Moe Kinney, Vermonters for Liberty and Green Mountain Patriots
Eddie Garcia, VTCDL
Roger Farnsworth Vermont Citizen
Amy Alexander Vermont Citizen
Alex Knight, Vermont Writer/Author
Bill Moore Vermont Citizen

Campaign for Justice: Juvenile Justice 02/10/2014

Suzi Wizowaty, Director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform. Today's guests: Bob Sheil, Office of the Juvenile Defender, Jay Simons, Agency of Human Services, and Lawrence Shelton, UVM, Human Development and Family Studies.

Website: www.VermontersforCriminalJusticeReform.org

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Under the Dome: House Corrections and Institutions Issues 02/10/2014

Vermont House Committee on Corrections and Institutions members discuss the FY14 capital construction budget adjustment bill, moratorium on school construction bonds, plans for the State Hospital, incoming bills dealing with mental health issues, corrections crowding and opiate epidemic. Rep. Linda Myers (Essex/Vice Chair, Terry McCaig (Williston), and Joan Lenes (Shelburne/ Clerk) join host Nick Carter.

Under the Dome: Rep. Chris Pearson - House Health Care Overview 02/03/2014

Representative Chris Pearson (Burlington), member of the VT House Committee on Health Care provides an overview of current health care discussions, prospects for financing proposed Vermont’s Universal Health Care system, use of Results-Based Accountability in Legislative policy making, the re-introduced “Economic Bill of Rights”, designed to address income disparity, access to rental housing across the state, and efforts of the Climate Caucus.

Under the Dome: Lobbyist: Andy MacLean, MacLean, Meehan & Rice LLC 01/27/2014

ANDREW W. MACLEAN is a founding partner in MacLean Meehan & Rice. He represents commercial clients and specializes in developing strategies to allow those clients to thrive in Vermont’s unique legislative and regulatory environment. Andy speaks with Lauren-Glenn Davitian and shares insights into the 2014 Legislative Session.

Under the Dome: State Budget Perspectives 01/27/2014

Senate Finance Chair Tim Ashe (D/P-Burlington) is joined by House Ways and Means member Jim Condon (D-Colchester) to discuss spending and taxing strategies by the committees this 2014 Session.

Under the Dome: Political Strategist: Todd Bailey, Partner, KSE Partners 01/20/2014

Todd Bailey, Senior Government Affairs Specialist with KSE Partners, shares insights into the 2014 Legislative Session.

Under the Dome: House Judiciary Members 01/20/2014

House Judiciary members Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), Chair, Suzi Wizowaty (D-Burlington), Clerk, and Linda Waite-Simpson (D-Essex) share insights into the issues and challenges of the House Judiciary Committee this 2014 Session.

Campaign for Justice: Women in Prison 01/20/2014

Suzi Wizowaty, Director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, speaks with Jill Evans, Director of Women and Family Services at Vermont Department of Corrections, Cary Brown, Executive Director of Vermont Commission on Women, and Tiffany Bluemle, Executive Director of Vermont Works for Women on 'Women in Prisons'.

Website: www.VermontersforCriminalJusticeReform.org

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!

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