Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Lawmakers near agreement on a payroll tax for companies that don’t offer health insurance, and employees who don’t have it; Dairy Day is underway at the Statehouse, with an emphasis on teaching non-farm children about dairying; CVPS customers receive refunds in this month’s electric bills; Brattleboro Union High school considers installing security cameras inside the school; in a widely anticipated reversal, the state Fish and Wildlife Board has changed an earlier decision on the management of Vermont’s deer herd; eagles in a breeding program take their first flight.
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