Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Governor Jim Douglas signs a bill that bars workplace rules that force employees to keep their wages a secret; a hazardous waste site in Williston has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s national priority list of Superfund sites; the U.S. House has authorized the issue of yet another one dollar coin; the state Health Department has ordered a Howard Johnson’s motel in White River Junction to close most of its rooms.
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