Midday Report: May 18, 2007

State agriculture officials move to isolate a possible case of bovine tuberculosis in the Northeast Kingdom; hundreds of Mexican immigrants work in Vermont’s dairy barns, and Senator Patrick Leahy says he will make sure these workers are considered as the Senate debates newly crafted immigration legislation; Senator Leahy also made news this week when he declined to call for the resignation of Attorney General Albert Gonzales; the new owners of the Killington ski resort have notified hundreds of owners of free lifetime passes that those tickets will soon be no good.