Here are the top stories at noon:
Gov. Jim Douglas
says he wants heavy trucks to be able to use the Interstate 89 bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire; IBM is reducing pay for some of its shift workers at its semiconductor plant in Essex Junction; AIDS advocates
say they hope the more accurate statistics will mean the federal government
will do a better job of addressing the pandemic in the next year…
For
each of the last 10 years, the federal government has underestimated the number
of people who are infected with HIV. Advocates
say they hope the more accurate statistics will mean the federal government
will do a better job of addressing the pandemic in the next year.
VPR’s
Ross Sneyd has more.