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Details on Budget Surplus Lacking

By Jon Greenberg on Tuesday, August 31, 2004.

House and Senate Republican leaders are applauding the preliminary estimate that the state will end the year 9 million dollars in the black. If that number holds, it will be the first year in the past five that the state would be able to add to its rainy day fund --- the pot of money that it keeps in reserve.

But as New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg reports, the durability of the estimated surplus is in question.

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Maine Referendum to Reform the Bear Hunt

By Susan Chisholm on Tuesday, August 31, 2004.

Bear hunting season begins tomorrow (Wednesday) in New Hampshire.
It began Monday in Maine, but that three month long hunt could be the last of its kind.
As in New Hampshire, Maine allows baiting and hounds to lure and kill black bears.
But Maine is the only state in the nation that allows a third way of hunting bears as well....trapping.
State biologists and hunting guides say the techniques are essential for controlling Maine's bear population.
But critics call the practices cruel, unsporting, and unnecessary.
And a referendum this Fall will decide their fate as Maine Public Radio's Susan Chisholm reports.

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A Check-in with a New Hampshire GOP Delegate

By Lisa Peakes on Tuesday, August 31, 2004.

About 60 delegates and alternates from New Hampshire are in New York City for the Republican National Convention this week. Some of these New Hampshire delegates are old hands at these conventions, but others are experiencing all the excitement for the very first time. Linda Henderson is one of the rookies. She's a delegate from Exeter. She talks to Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes from New York City.

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