
AP Photo/Toby Talbot
Workers refuel the core of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt. in this Dec. 1985 file photo.
Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed expanding community health centers as a step toward national health care reform; during town meeting next week, one central Vermont town will vote whether to reopen a small hydroelectric dam; there's disagreement at the Statehouse about whether lawmakers have time to address Vermont Yankee's request for a 20-year extension of its operating license.