Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
State officials are worried about a shortfall in highway construction and repair funds; a Senate committee has proposed adding five mental health jobs to the state’s prison system; Vermont’s population continues to rise; Melinda Wittstock of the Capitol Hill news bureau gives an update on the Vermont Congressional delegation; Vermont will keep it’s sole 802 area code for at least another six years; Cheryl Brown Henderson speaks at UVM on the legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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