Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Vermont business and cultural leaders gather at the Statehouse to endorse a new economic development strategy called “the creative economy”; the Vermont ACLU has filed a lawsuit over random searches on Lake Champlain ferries; gubernatorial candidates debate health care issues in Rutland; campaigning for public office goes on at all levels across the state.
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