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Raising the State's Tobacco Tax: A New Study

By Mark Bevis on Monday, March 3, 2003.

HOUSE LAWMAKERS ARE SCHEDULED TO HEAR TESTIMONY TODAY ON THE EFFECTS OF RAISING THE TOBACCO TAX.

A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THAT RAISING THE TAX BY ONE DOLLAR WOULD RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STATE REVENUE.

IT WOULD DECREASE SMOKING.

AND IT WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE STATE’S ECONOMY.

BRIAN GOTTLOB (GOT-LOBB) OF POLECON (POLY-CONN) RESEARCH IS THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY.

HE DESCRIBED HIS FINDINGS TO NHPR’S MARK BEVIS.

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AG's Report on Clergy Sexual Abuse in NH

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Monday, March 3, 2003.

In a few hours, the New Hampshire Attorney General's office will release a report on how the Manchester Catholic Diocese handled abusive priests. 9000 pages of documents uncovered in the course of the investigation are also expected to be released.
Catholics around the state are bracing themselves for another round of awful stories about clergy sexual abuse.
NHPR's Raquel Maria Dillon has more.

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