Vermont is stepping up Covid-19 antibody testing. But just having the antibodies doesn’t necessarily mean you are immune from the virus, Commissioner Mark Levine said.

Vermont, the Beckoning Country, may soon need a new tourism slogan: “Vermont: We’re Watching You.”

The fiscal guillotine is being dropped on the Burlington Police Department - details to be announced today. Which services will be cut? What work won’t get done?

VPR - with $2 mil in bank, no staff cut during pandemic, and $960,000 Paycheck Protection already received - still wanted almost $900K in state-controlled federal recovery funds. The Legislature cut that number down to a mere $100,000, reports VPR’s John Dillon.

Defunding police doesn’t just need to happen locally - it must happen at the federal level too. There’s even a federal grant for bullet-proof vests named after Senator Patrick Leahy.

Many of the workers who milk cows and pick crops are in Vermont illegally. Still, their work is more essential than ever - why shouldn’t they get some of that federal recovery moolah?

What’s it like living in Age Group Zero? 40 of the 54 Vermont Covid-19 fatalities were 70 or over.

VPR’s Emily Corwin brings new meaning to “In Your Face Journalism.”

Last week a caller to VPR’s Vermont Edition told Senate Pro Tem Tim Ashe the legislature should “tighten its belt” and cut spending to meet the expected $400 million 2021 budget deficit. In response, Ashe asked: “tell us the program you want to get rid of.”

How many Vermont restaurants reopen for business depends on government financial aid and the strength of the eventual recovery. VPR podcasts on a question on many Vermonters’ minds.