Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The Vermont Legislature enters week two of its 2004 session, with some tough issues facing the lawmakers right away; deadlines are fast approaching for getting items on Town Meeting Day warnings; Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders says his top priority in the new legislative session in Washington is to stem the loss of manufacturing jobs; Governor Jim Douglas has spent most of the morning in Chittenden County, at a Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast.
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