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A New Hampshire News Roundup

Laura Knoy — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000

The House voted to send its budget to the state Senate. The governor has unveiled her choice for a new Attorney General. The first Exeter-Hospital Hepatitis-C civil cases are now scheduled for trial. And the Windham school board “takes aim” at dodge ball. We’ll look at the top stories for the week of April 1st.

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A New Hampshire News Roundup

Laura Knoy — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

House budget writers this week got closer to a final tax-and-spending plan. The Stand-your-Ground debate is stirring up in the legislature. A moratorium on wind farms was proposed and New Hampshire lost a statesman…former House Speaker Harold Burns. A roundtable of reporters discusses the top stories of the week.

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March 22nd New Hampshire News Roundup

Laura Knoy — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Attorney General Michael Delaney announced this week he’s stepping down. Meanwhile, the New Hampshire House has been a hive of activity” with votes in favor of medical marijuana and a higher tobacco tax…while soundly rejecting one casino gambling bill. Will check in with those stories and others that happened in the Granite State this week with a new weekly feature on our show, the New Hampshire News Roundup.

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Josh Rogers - NHPR’s State House reporter, Senior Political Reporter and Editor

New Hampshire Reporter Roundtable

Laura Knoy — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000

A lot of news is happening in New Hampshire this week. At the Statehouse there have been votes on if New Hampshire should expand gambling, also a tussle on the gas tax and the House is looking to increase the cigarette tax. Also members of the House Finance Committee are about to hit the road to get the reaction of Granite Staters on the Governor's budget and New Hampshire lost a entrepreneur and philanthropist this week, Manchester's May Gruber. We'll talk about the biggest stories this week in New Hampshire with a roundtable of reporters.

Sen. Shaheen Seeks To Lift Congressional Ban On Earmarks

Michael Brindley — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:41:35 +0000

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen wants to lift the Congressional ban on earmarks, imposed under Republican leadership in 2010.

Shaheen says earmarks, often criticized as so-called pork spending, were a useful way for lawmakers to target money to projects in their home states.

Negotiators Reach Compromise on Voter-ID

Josh Rogers — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:22:46 +0000

House and Senate negotiators sign off on a bill to require voters to show a photo ID at the polls. The bills most stringent requirements wouldn’t take effect until after the 2012 elections.