Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Health care is front and center in the Vermont Legislature as lawmakers try to develop a comprehensive plan to reform health care delivery; the future of where and how Vermont gets its energy will be discussed in a public forum sponsored by Green Mountain Power in Montpelier tonight; freelance writers in Vermont and elsewhere are celebrating a major legal victory; Burlington Police and the Women’s Rape Crisis Center hold a forum tonight in response to the public’s concern about the killing of Laura Winterbottom this month.
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