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In today's episode, A Brattleboro theater company features actors with disabilities, a new parcel of land in the Green Mountains will be preserved and open to the public, and we’ll hear The Friday Song from a Central Vermont jazz and swing musician. 

In today's episode, Vermonters now have the ability to sue federal agents they claim have violated their constitutional rights, and we’ll learn how music therapy can be beneficial to people with dementia. 

Federal workers are bracing for lay-offs as we enter the third day of the government shutdown. The Trump administration is asking colleges to make policy changes in exchange for funding. FEMA is making it even harder for states to access emergency preparedness grants. Sean Combs ...  Show more

President Donald Trump wants to attach strings to federal disaster aid for California. Homebuilders in Los Angeles say undocumented immigrants are central to rebuilding after the wildfires. If you get mail from the IRS this month, it could be a tax rebate. The suspect charged wit ...  Show more

After the passage of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” renewable energy companies are bracing for more challenging times. The law is set to end Biden-era subsidies for clean energy, with the Congressional Budget Office estimating that the industry could lose half a trillion ...  Show more

The Trump administration’s crackdown on universities across the country for alleged antisemitism has made its way from the East Coast to the West Coast. Earlier this month, the administration demanded the University of California Los Angeles pay $1-billion to the federal governme ...  Show more