Midday Report: June 29, 2006

The state government moves to provide direct financial help to hard-pressed dairy farmers; the weather has affected the entire regional economy, not just the agriculture sector. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to approve an amendment that keeps the Bush Administration from requiring passports or a similar document for crossing the Canadian border; volunteer firefighters from Stowe Vermont are helping Mississippi fire departments recover from the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina.