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Medical Malpractice Vote Expected

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, June 7, 2005.

The full House is expected to vote Wednesday/today on a plan that would require any medical malpractice complaints to go before a three member panel prior to trial.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein has this preview.

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Senate Majority Sides With Lynch

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, June 7, 2005.

School funding proposal eliminates the statewide property tax and relies on 28 cent per pack increase to the cigarette tax.

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Making Dollars and Cents of Growth: Who Benefits?

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, June 7, 2005.

More people in the Granite State means more houses to build, more lawns to take care of, more coffee shops and restaraunts on main street, more demand for services in health care and education, and more people to shop at big box stores like Walmart and Target. In our second installment on growth in New Hampshire, we look at the economics of growth and ask how we've benefitted from the growing number of people calling the Granite State home. Laura is joined by Russ Thibeault, president of Applied Economic Research, and Jeff Feingold, editor of the New Hampshire Business Review.
Towns Profiled: Tilton and Franklin.
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Peace Activist Ruth McKay Remembered

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, June 7, 2005.

New Hampshire Public Radio notes the passing of long-time peace activist Ruth McKay who died over the weekend.

Most people in the state have probably never heard of McKay.

But friends and critics alike agree, the woman exemplified strength integrity and devotion to her cause: world peace.

Dan Gorenstein produced this rememberance.

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Inside the Defense Department

By John Walters on Tuesday, June 7, 2005.

Businessman Jaymie Durnan of Jaffrey served in Washington as Special Assistant to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. He enjoyed unusually close proximity to both men as plans for the the Iraq War got underway. He tells John Walters what he learned about the relationship between planning and strategy as a result of his experience.

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