Newscast: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 12:04 p.m.

Two of Governor Peter Shumlin’s more high-profile recent proposals are up for committee discussion in the Vermont House today. Some health care advocates are concerned that Catamount Health enrollees will face additional financial burdens under the new Exchange program. A utility official says that some big wind projects are not performing as planned due to constraints on the transmission grid. Public works officials in Montpelier are monitoring an ice jam in the Winooski River.