Midday Report: March 12, 2007

A U.S. Senate committee hears from Vermont Farmers as they take testimony on the federal farm bill; the Dartmouth Ski time sweeps the NCAA championship for the first time since 1976; Rutland’s new mayor-elect is raising questions about paying the outgoing mayor and outgoing treasurer for unused vacation and sick leave; longtime Isle LaMotte town clerk Suzanne LaBombard has resigned.