Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Governor Jim Douglas says he will sign the prescription drug re-importation bill that’s due soon on his desk; State Representative John Tracy says his health care committee could have made more progress on the big issues if it hadn’t had to shepherd the re-importation bill; representatives of the railroad industry appeared today before the Senate Transportation Committee; wet and heavy snow east of the Green Mountains has caused extensive power outages.
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