VPR Evening News February 20th, 2008

The House Ways and Means Committee is backing a bill that would
dramatically change how Vermonters pay for education; A federal proposal
that would have changed the way Vermont’s captive insurance industry is
taxed has been scrapped; Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are
relying on their Vermont supporters to campaign for them; A Wall Street
official says Vermont probably wouldn’t get 50 million dollars from
leasing the state lottery to a private company; A new bill sets aside five moose permits for Vermont soldiers serving in Iraq; and commentator
Deborah Luskin on the appeal of the General Store.