Here are the top stories at the noon hour.
The possibility of unionizing is open to employees of a Burlington agency that cares for the homeless; the prospects for getting Federal money to help weather-stricken Vermont farmers appear to be dimming on Capitol Hill; the Supreme Court is clarifying the rules on when the state can force patients at the Vermont State Hospital to take medications against their will. in New Hampshire, Democratic Governor John Lynch is denying rumors that he’s going after a seat in the U.S. Senate two years from now.