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Ronald Wilson Reagan spent three primaries campaigning up in the Granite State. And many in New Hampshire felt that they played a big part in bringing Reagan to the oval office. Today on the Exchange, as the nation mourns the loss of our 40th President this week, we?ll talk with Granite Staters who remember him best. Mike's guests are Peter Thomson, Coordinator of the NH State Highway Safety Agency, son and former Chief of Staff of the late Governor Mel Thomson who worked for Reagan's NH campaign in 1976 and 1980. U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, worked on Reagan's campaign in 1976 and as a US congressman during his entire presidency. Ambassador Gerald Carmen, 1976 NH State Republican chair who ran Ronald Reagan's campaign in New Hampshire in 1980. Bob Malloy, Founder and owner of Malloy Sound and Video in Manchester, who's worked behind the scenes of countless NH Primary events. Guy McMillan, Editorial Page Editor of the Keene Sentinel since 1978 and Tom Rath, Republican analyst and attorney at Rath, Young and Pignatelli.

The New Hampshire Department of Education has released a count of all the special education students in districts around the state. Some school districts identify very few students, proportionally. But other districts have coded as many as one in five students as needing special services. People who work in the special education field say these differences from town to town don't surprise them at all. New Hampshire Public Radio's Raquel Maria Dillon explores why.