Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Congressman Bernie Sanders speaks out against proposed cuts in a federal college tuition program; the flag at the Statehouse is at half-staff today for State Senator Julius Canns, who died Sunday; James Volz describes the challenges he faces as a new member of the Public Service Board; the owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant won’t contest a fine issued by state regulators, but considers it unwarranted; at Town Meeting many Vermont towns will consider a resolution calling into question the use of National Guard troops in Iraq; seven Vermont National Guard truck drivers are back in this country after serving a year in Iraq.
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