Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Rock of Ages in Barre is laying off 25 of its 78 granite quarry workers; Governor Jim Douglas is proposing some important changes to the tax plan he unveiled in his State of the State address last week; Congress has held its first in a pair of expected hearings on the use of steroids in baseball, and Rep. Peter Welch voiced what has been on a lot of people’s minds – what should be done with players who got caught.