Vermont will challenge an EPA decision on auto emissions standards;
Senator Patrick Leahy adds a provision to the federal budget bill that
will delay implementation of passport rules until 2009; New England’s five
largest banks are putting up 125 million dollars to help homeowners who
are caught in the national credit crisis; For the second time in a month,
a Vermonter has won a Powerball lottery jackpot; and commentator Helen
Labun-Jordan on buying local for Christmas.
