Newscast: Friday, February 22, 2013, 7:34 a.m.

Critics of Governor Peter Shumlin’s plans for a single payer health system say his administration studied how to pay for it, but then halted the work. The group Vermonters for Health Care Freedom alleges the administration looked at a financing plan based on new taxes but then stopped because of political concerns. Vermont Gas Systems is changing the route of its proposed pipeline in Addison County, after encountering strong opposition in towns like Monkton.