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The Granite State used to win national praise for the way it cared for people with mental illness, but a new report says the system is now “broken”. It also suggests a new ten-year overhaul plan. We’ll get the details, look at the state of our mental health system and how and why it went downhill.

Guests

• Louis Josephson, president and CEO of Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord
• Nancy Rollins, Associate Commissioner for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
• Kathy Sgambati, Democratic state senator from Tilton and former deputy commissioner and acting commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services

We'll also hear from

• Donald Shumway, president and CEO of Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, former commissioner of Health and Human Services and longtime leader in New Hampshire's mental health care reform efforts

It’s been one hundred and fifty years, since Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas squared off in a series of three-hour public debates which became the most famous of political forums. We’ll find out what happened then…how debates evolved…and whether American audiences could stomach another Lincoln-Douglas style event today.

Guests

• Rodney Davis, Co-Director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College and Co-Editor of the New Edition of the Lincoln Douglas Debates
• Amy Sullivan, Political Editor of Time Magazine

Energy prices are much higher this year than last. That, along with a tough economy, have many worried about how they’ll heat their homes this winter. Some are tightening the belt, some are looking for fuel assistance programs, some are looking to winterize their homes better, and are others will try alternative energies like pellet stoves and solar systems. We’ll look at what Granite Staters are doing to stay warm and not go bankrupt.

Guests

• Amy Ignatius, Director of the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning
  
• Dick Henry, Executive Director for The Jordan Institute
• Dan Feltes, Staff Attorney for New Hampshire Legal Assistance

We'll also hear from

• Bob Garside, President of the Oil Heat Council of New Hampshire.

It’s a longtime debate in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. Loggers say they cut under specific guidelines and that the wood they cut is important to New Hampshire’s economy. But some environmentalists say cutting in roadless areas upsets wildlife as well as tourism. This month a federal court ruled in favor of loggers, but that hasn’t stopped the debate. We’ll find out more.

Guests

• Jasen Stock, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association
• Katherine Corkery, New Hampshire Chapter Director of the Sierra Club

We'll also hear from

• Mollie Matteson,Conservation Advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity.

• Don Winsor, Procurement manager for HHP Inc., a multifaceted forest products company located in Henniker.

New Hampshire’s men and women are spending more time at their jobs and less time with their friends, hobbies and families. That’s why organizers in the state are putting together New Hampshire’s first ever Summit on Work and Family. We’ll look at the problem and see what ideas some have to make it better.

Guests

• Malcolm Smith, Family Life and Family Policy Specialist for the Department of Family Studies at the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Richard Brothers, Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security

We'll also hear from

• Connie Roy Czyzowski , Vice President for Human Resources with North East Delta Dental
• Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Congresswoman for New York's 13th District

Click here to learn more about New Hampshire 1st ever Legislative and Business Summit on Work and Family.