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The Claremont Coalition, which sued the state over money for schools, says the state's definition of "adequacy" is flawed. They also say poor towns need more money to pay for education. We'll talk about what the coalition latest proposals and how New Hampshire lawmakers might react. Trish's guests are Andru Volinsky, lead attorney for the Claremont Coalition, and State Represenative Warren Henderson, Chair of the House Education Committee. Henderson was on the original commission which defined 'adequacy' for the state.(http://gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/billstatus/commdetails.asp)

We'll examine how this elatively new medium is affecting our culture, and how it's creating a culture in and of itself. Trish's guest is Buddy Burniske, Professional Dvelopment Coordinator for the World Links Program.

we ask Senator Smith about his priorities in the Senate, and what he thinks about the environment, tax cuts, free trade, China, and other issues. Steve Zind hosts. Senator Smith's website is www.senate.gov/~smith.

With 1 out of 3 NH high school kids saying they've been binge drinking in the past month, it's past time for communities to address the problem of underage drinking say our guests. Allison McNair sits in for Laura Knoy. Her guests are John Bunker, Executive Director of New Futures (www.newfutures.unh.edu),a New Hampshire Charitable Foundation initiative to reduce substance abuse problems; and Judge Edwin Kelly, Administrative Justice of the District Courts in NH and chair of the Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Drugs (http://sudoc.nhsl.lib.nh.us/rsa/12-J.htm).

Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh will be put to death on May 16th. Two internet companies have gone to court for the right to web-cast his execution. We'll ask if the general public has a right to watch, and what harm or good might come from it. Laura's guests are Jane Kirtley, an attorney and professor of journalism at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis(www.umn.edu), and Larry Vogelman, board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (www.criminaljustice.org)in private practice in Exeter.