Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Facing the prospect of giving back some campaign donations, independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina may ask supporters to loan him money to help; A new poll confirms some long-held assumptions about Vermonters; College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18; New Hampshire has a new state climatologist.