Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
The Douglas Administration may have to fill a seven million dollar hole in the budget next year because the federal government says it will not pay for patient care at the Vermont State Hospital; Consumer advocate and presidential candidate Ralph Nader is visiting Vermont and New Hampshire next week; An environmental group says state Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin and state Rep. Tony Klein are tops in Montpelier when it comes to environmental and conservation issues.