Governor Peter Shumlin's plan to finance a major expansion of child care programs is sharply dividing Vermont's early childhood community. There's nearly unanimous support for the proposal to increase funding for child care subsidies. But there's disagreement over how to pay for the initiative.

Congressman Peter Welch wants the federal government to eliminate ethanol subsidies, saying taxpayers are paying $6 billion annually for them.

In choosing Brian Searles for transportation secretary and Waterbury Rep. Sue Minter as the state's new deputy secretary of transportation, Peter Shumlin is taking both a traditional and non-traditional approach to solving transportation problems.