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House Kills Amendment to Limit Judicial Power

By David Darman on Friday, January 23, 2004.

The New Hampshire House has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have curbed judicial authority over state education funding.

The vote fell at least 30 votes far short of the 60 percent majority needed.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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Celebrity Endorsements

By Lisa Peakes on Friday, January 23, 2004.

Lots of celebrities are supporting candidates in the Democratic presidential primary. Will their support make any difference? Lisa Peakes talks with Professor Philip Klinkner at Hamilton College to find out.

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The New Hampshire Primary -- After Iowa

By Doug MacPherson on Friday, January 23, 2004.

New Hampshire voters are weighing their choices in the wake of the Iowa caucuses.

Conversations on the street show an electorate that knows what it cares about - health care, jobs, the war in Iraq.

Some voters have made up their minds, but many are unsure of whom to support.

We sent four reporters around the state to sample where people stand five days before the primary.

In a moment, we will hear from Doug MacPherson, Dan Gorenstein, and Josh Rogers.

We begin in Berlin, where a powerful labor union had backed Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt.

Gephardt dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, and as NHPR's Trish Anderton reports, his supporters are now shopping for a new candidate.

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New Hampshire's Not So Different After All

By Mark Bevis on Friday, January 23, 2004.

The criticism seems to arise every four years.

Why does little New Hampshire have so much say in who gets elected president.

But a new report from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenburg Center shows the views of New Hampshire voters are not so different than the rest of the nation.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Mark Bevis has details.

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The NH Primary Brings in the Bucks

By Rebecca Kaufman on Friday, January 23, 2004.

The holidays have ended.

And winter has settled in for real.

The start of the year can be a cold, slow time for Manchester's businesses.

But every four years, January heats up in the state's largest city.

It's the heart of the Presidential Primary.

The conventional argument from First-In-the-Nation advocates is the primary's political value far outweighs the economic one.

And hotel managers and pizza parlor owners in the Queen City say they appreciate the retail politics.

But they really like the flurry of business it leaves behind.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Rebecca Kaufman has the story.

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