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ArchivesRed-Tailed HawksBy Iain MacLeod on Thursday, April 1, 2004.Red-Tailed Hawks are laying eggs about now. Iain tells you where to look. listen:
 Campaign FinanceBy Mike Arnold on Thursday, April 1, 2004.Why do candidates for office say "I approve this message" on their campaign ads? It's all part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, better known as McCain Feingold. It's been two years since the act was signed but only a few months since the Supreme Court deemed it constitutional. We'll take a good look at this rather confusing subject and we'll ask how the presidential candidates are doing in their race for money. Mike's guest is Tony Corrado, Charles A. Dana Professor of Government at Colby College (http://colby.edu/profile/ajcorrad) and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institute (http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/acorrado.htm). listen:
The Barrister BalladeerBy John Walters on Thursday, April 1, 2004.Singer, songwriter, poet, and lawyer. You don't often find those four words on the same resume- unless it's John Perrault's. John is the poet laureate of Portsmouth and he's a practicing attorney. He's released five albums of original songs and now, his first book and companion CD, The Ballad of Louis Wagner and Other New England Stories in Verse. The book includes song lyrics and poems by John and photographs by Peter Randall. John's work reflects the people and landscape of New England. His ballads come from the folk tradition of telling stories in song and are often based on historical events and people. listen:
Hundreds Attend Hearing on Vermont YankeeBy Eesha Williams on Thursday, April 1, 2004.Hundreds of people turned out for a public hearing in Vernon, VT, Wednesday evening. They came to discuss the future of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, located across the Ct River from Hinsdale, NH. The company that owns the plant wants to increase its power output. And the proposal has sharply divided local residents. NHPR Correspondent Eesha Williams attended the meeting and files this report. listen:
SB 419: A Fix for the New Health Insurance Laws?By Raquel Maria Dillon on Thursday, April 1, 2004.The House Commerce Committee heard testimony on a bill that would cap health insurance premium increases for small business at 25% for the next two years. As New Hampshire Public Radio's Raquel Maria Dillon reports, Senate Bill 419 came under attack from all sides. listen:
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