Midday Newscast: March 24, 2008

A meeting of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has just concluded in Rutland; the Vermont Supreme Court has saved some of its more contentious cases for a series of hearings today at Vermont Law School; Spring may have started last week, but deep snow and cold weather have slowed maple sugaring season this year; a total of $1 million in state grants is going to communities in New York’s North Country.