Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
The Legislature is moving quickly to pass a new campaign finance reform law in time for the 2008 elections, but Governor Jim Douglas says it’s unfair to impose new rules because some campaigns are already raising money; The Vermont Milk Commission is recommending that dairy farmers in the Northeast get paid premiums for their milk; eight years after a not-so-civil war over civil unions, Vermont is now weighing whether to legalize gay marriage; and the American Basketball Association has suspended three players and one team has fined its coach in the aftermath of three incidents during a weekend game between the Vermont Frost Heaves and the Manchester Millrats.