Newscast: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 7:34 a.m.

Governor Peter Shumlin is urging the Vermont Senate to support his plan to transfer $17 million from the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit program to pay for his child care initiative. The proposal faces the strong opposition of the head of the Senate Finance committee. One of the country’s top medical journals is touting Vermont’s health care reform effort as an example for the rest of the nation. Meanwhile, a group of doctors is telling lawmakers and the media that changes in how they are paid could harm medical ethics.