Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Vermont’s tax commissioner has issued his tax rate recommendations, but he’s suggesting that lawmakers not accept them. The recession has hurt one source of state revenues that some thought were immune to tough economic times. Proceeds from the Vermont lottery are down about 10 percent. The Vermont State Police say they won’t release dashboard video of a trooper firing two shots at a man who aimed a weapon at her at a Bethel apartment complex…