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Midday Newscast: September 19, 2007

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Vermont state Treasurer Jeb Spaulding has joined an effort that would force companies to disclose the financial risks they face from global climate change; Vermonters will be able to sign up for a new state-sponsored health insurance plan in less than two weeks; a new disclosure is putting more pressure on the Public Service Board to continue investigating phone companies’ roles in passing customer information to the federal government; the state prison in Springfield has been locked down today.
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Children of prison inmates gather at camp

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This month, a group of children gathered in Cabot to do all the things children do at a summer camp. Unlike most camps, however, the children at Camp Agape are bound together by a singular fact: they all have a parent who is or has been in prison.
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Corrections officials search for work camp site

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The state also is considering whether to convert an existing prison into a work camp, instead of building an entirely new one. Corrections Commissioner Rob Hofmann says four towns have expressed interest in hosting a new camp, but none has committed to it.