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VPR Newscast For 5/21/2017 At 9:04 a.m.

VPR Newscast for 5/20/2017 at 12:10pm

Neighbors Day may be the most popular spring celebration you’ve never heard of. It’s a (relatively new) French tradition that spread across Europe and is now celebrated in countries all over the world. Just, not so much in the United States. But some Essex Junction residents are changing that.

VPR Newscast for 5/20/2017 at 9:15am

VPR Newscast for 5/19/2017 at 12:04 p.m.

VPR Newscast 5/19/2017 at 6:30 a.m.

VPR Newscast For 5/19/2017 At 5 p.m.

The 2017 legislative session has adjourned, but Vermont’s fiercest political fight in recent memory has only just begun.

The Vermont Legislature sent its marijuana legalization bill to the desk of Republican Gov. Phil Scott Thursday, initiating a five-day countdown during which Scott will have to decide whether to sign the legislation, veto it or allow it to become law without his signature.

Airbnb reached an agreement with the state last year to collect the rooms and meals tax from Vermonters who use the online service to rent out their property. But in some communities, the issues raised by Airbnb go beyond dollars and cents.