Midday Report: March 16, 2007

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, votes to subpoena administration officials regarding dismissal of U.S. Attorneys; Brattleboro Reformer Editor testifies in Washington on the Open Government Act; the Vermont House votes to give the Governor the ability to dismiss the editor of Vermont Life magazine; Vermont Adjutant General comments on the poor treatment of soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center; demonstrations are planned across Vermont to mark the anniversary of the start of the Iraq War; in Montpelier, the flood risk is expected to increase next week after this weekend’s predicted snowfall; U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships get under way today.