Senator Patrick Leahy says Attorney General nominee will be confirmed if
he convinces Judiciary Committee members he’ll be independent of the White
House; UVM is closing a laboratory that tested soils and forage crops for
Vermont farmers; Officials with Vermont’s captive insurance industry say
tax-rule changes could hurt the industry; Barton residents launch a
petition drive to prohibit commercial wind power development; and
commentator Madeline Kunin on the debate about funding for S-Chip.