Newscast: March 19, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan says he’s running for attorney general. Vermont Gas Systems wants to expand its natural gas pipeline south to Vergennes and Middlebury within the next five years. A new license for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is expected to be greeted this week with big protests. Firefighters say fires were intentionally set inside a home and to surrounding brush in Proctor over the weekend.