Newscast: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 5:50 p.m.

The Shumlin administration says the job of crafting next year’s state budget is made easier now that Washington has tackled some of the fiscal issues facing the country; Governor Shumlin will push for pension reform legislation in the aftermath of the case in which a state trooper padded his time sheets, and commentator Deborah Luskin on modern medicine and end-of-life issues.