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Court Takes Up State's Parental Notification Law

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, May 23, 2005.

The nation's highest court has announced it will review a state law that requires parents be notified before their underage daughter gets an abortion.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein has more.

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House Bill 616 Gets An Evaluation

By Mark Bevis on Monday, May 23, 2005.

Analysts at the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies have gone through the numbers of the latest Education Funding Plan that's come out of the State House.

And they've found that on one level the House Bill 616 improves the situation for weathier and poorer towns.

But as NHPR's Mark Bevis reports, the losers in this plan are low-income homeowners.

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Vermont Legislature Flirts With A Single Payer Health Plan

By Kevin Forrest on Monday, May 23, 2005.

As Vermont's legislative session enters its final weeks, lawmakers in Montpelier are struggling to keep a promise to voters.

They are trying to find a way to provide residents with affordable health insurance.

Both the Senate and the House have plans that look to the state to establish coverage for those who don't have their own.

And the Governor thinks both plans will drive away business.

The Vermont Standard's Kevin Forrest reports.

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