Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The showdown in the U.S. Senate over judicial nominees and filibusters builds toward a climax; the Equinox Hotel in Manchester offers to improve its trail system if residents allow a building project to proceed; Vermont Yankee has won a round in its effort to store spent nuclear fuel in above-ground casks; Vermont license plates were first issued 100 years ago; Vermont’s unemployment rate is at its lowest point in almost four years.
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