Newscast: Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

Vermont’s Republican candidate for governor has come out sharply against the statements Mitt Romney made regarding people who rely on government support. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger will announce today his proposal for a long-delayed highway bypass in the southern part of the city. The president of Bennington College will retire at the end of the academic year after 25 years as head of the private, liberal arts college.