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The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies released a report today/Friday that candidates for state office should look at……
According to the report, most of the increase in the state’s budget over the past decade took place in six key areas of spending.
And those areas are controlled not by those writing up the budget…but by state and federal law.
The Center’s Co-director Doug Hall explained the reports findings to NHPR’s David Darman. For a copy of the report go to www.nhpolicy.org

A new state-funded website dispels a myth in the North Country.

That myth is that businesses can't get high speed internet access.

A survey of 507 New Hampshire businesses found that 75 percent of them didn't know that high speed options, including T-1 lines, are available to them.

Greg Franklin, with the consulting firm Greg S. Franklin Associates, did the research and put together the website for the state.

He tells NHPR's Trish Anderton that while the emphasis has been on wiring the state for high speed access, a lot of access already exists.

The state website is www.technologynh.com

Dartmouth's Daniela Rus claims the coveted $500,000 Macarthur Fellowship for her work on self-directed, shape-changing robots.

New Hampshire?s high-tech economy has weathered the recent economic downturn comparatively well. That?s the conclusion of Ross Gittell, Professor of Management at the University of New Hampshire?s Whittemore School of Business and Economics. Gittell told NHPR?s Trish Anderton the Granite State has lost a smaller proportion of high-tech jobs than some other states.

Gubernatorial candidates Crag Benson and Mark Fernald are picking up where the left off last week - arguing over state tax policy. Craig Benson yesterday unveiled a power-point presentation his camp claims is proof a state income tax would lead to higher state spending and a bigger state deficit.