Midday Report: March 1, 2006

State officials say they’re ready to switch to the Medicare Part D health plan; Michael Dubie speaks out on issues of war and peace; Vermont is among the targets of a huge gun control billboard near Boston’s Fenway Park; the staff at Vermont College in Montpelier will vote this month on whether they want to form a union; on Town Meeting Day, next Tuesday, voters in the Franklin County town of Montgomery will be asked whether delinquent taxpayers should be listed in the town’s annual report.