Questions are being raised about the financial stability of Vermont Yankee’s new owners; Secretary of State Deb Markowitz says she’d like to see the national political parties adopt a regional presidential primary system in 2012; A new law requires the installation of photoelectric smoke detectors in new homes; Copley Hospital and a nurses union reach agreement on a new-three year contract; and commentator Deborah Luskin on how she came to live in the Green Mountains.