Midday Newscast: March 19, 2008

Some steps are being taken toward closing and replacing the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury; an energy efficiency measure that became a major political fight between the governor and the Legislature last year is becoming law today; Vermont’s faltering economy is being blamed by Democratic legislators who have abandoned a plan to change the state’s capital gains tax; senior centers in six Vermont communities are sharing in federal money that will pay for renovations and improvements.