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Survey Reports Healthcare Premiums Continue Rise

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, September 10, 2003.

A new national survey finds employers are facing double digit increases in health insurance premiums for the third year in a row.

The report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says in response to rising costs, businesses are shifting more of the burden on to their workers.

As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports those findings square with business realities in New Hampshire.

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State Wants to Re-write Rules for Public Schools

By Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, September 10, 2003.

Governor Benson and the state’s top education officials unveiled today/yesterday an ambitious effort to re-write the rules that govern public schools.

The state board of education has the authority to set minimum standards for high school graduation, teacher-student ratios and other aspects of local education. Some of those standards haven’t changed since 1947.

Now, the state board will hold a series of public discussions designed to question everything about how schools should function.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.

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HHS's Vailas Chairs Trade Group PAC

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, September 10, 2003.

The Benson administration says State health and Human Services Commissioner Nick Vailas?s has scuttled his plan to start an insurance company.. But yesterday, the Governor?s office seemed less certain about the future of Commissioner Vailas?s connection to another non-government business interest.

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Benson's Laptop Initiative

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Wednesday, September 10, 2003.

Teachers and school administrators around the state are generally very excited about Governor Craig Benson?s new initiative to provide laptop computers to seventh grade students. They?re looking to Maine, where a statewide laptop program has produced promising results so far. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon reports.

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