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By Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
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Syndicate contentAlcohol

Thursday, June 14, 2007New England Bootlegging
Friday, March 30, 2007Wheat Free Market Now Includes Beer
Thursday, March 30, 2006The Good Beer Guide to New England
Wednesday, February 16, 2005From Apples to Vodka
Friday, December 3, 2004Beer Tax: Room to Grow?
Monday, June 14, 2004Jack Daniels...on the air, please.

Syndicate contentDan Eaton

Wednesday, February 6, 2008Bill to Prohibit Guns at State House Draws Fire
Wednesday, January 23, 2008Governor Seeks Cooperation Amid Fiscal Worries
Thursday, March 8, 2007Lynch Backs Off School Aid Reductions
Monday, November 13, 2006New Hampshire's New Democratic Majority
Wednesday, October 18, 2006Top Lawmakers Push For Prosecution Money In Briggs Killing
Friday, July 21, 2006Ballot Access Fight Has Two Fronts
Tuesday, November 8, 2005Alstead Seeks State Aid
Thursday, October 13, 2005Lawmakers Briefed On Flood
Wednesday, June 29, 2005Legislature Adopts Budget
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Syndicate contentGambling

Thursday, March 27, 2008The New Debate around Gambling in New Hampshire
Wednesday, March 26, 2008New Hampshire's Lottery Commission Says It Needs Expanded Gambling
Thursday, March 20, 2008Senate Keeps Gambling Bill
Tuesday, March 4, 2008Gambling for Economic Recovery
Wednesday, September 26, 2007Mass Gambling Proposal Puts Rockingham Slots Proposal in a New Light
Monday, January 10, 2005Taking A Gamble
Wednesday, March 10, 2004NH Lottery 40th
Tuesday, April 23, 2002Kittery Says No to Gambling Now and in the Future
Wednesday, March 13, 2002Kittery Casino Plans on Hold....For Now
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Syndicate contentJohn Lynch

Tuesday, June 17, 2008Lawmakers Approve $30 Million in New Cuts
Monday, June 9, 2008Governor Permits Costing Plan to Pass
Thursday, June 5, 2008Budget Bill Passes, Deficit Talk Continues
Wednesday, May 14, 2008Ed Funding Amendment Rejected By House
Tuesday, May 6, 2008Businesses Say State Should Go Slow on Hiking Cigarette Tax and Cutting Wine Discounts
Friday, May 2, 2008Top House Dems Endorse Funding Amendment
Wednesday, April 16, 2008Cheap Liquor, Cheapskate Rent
Wednesday, April 9, 2008Lynch Declines To Rule Out Tax Increases
Tuesday, March 18, 2008HealthFirst
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Syndicate contentPolitics

Friday, July 18, 2008Homeowners Adjust to Changes in Shoreland Protection Act
Thursday, July 10, 2008State Offers Consumers Little Protection When They Buy Their Own Insurance
Tuesday, July 8, 2008Sex in Crisis
Monday, June 30, 2008The Shoreland Protection Act Gets a Makeover
Thursday, June 26, 200811 (and a half) Big Ideas
Wednesday, June 25, 2008Taxing Non-Profits
Thursday, June 19, 2008Manchester Debates Making School District a City Department
Tuesday, June 17, 2008Lawmakers Approve $30 Million in New Cuts
Monday, June 16, 2008Sullivan County Wants a New Jail
Thursday, June 12, 2008A Legislative Review
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Syndicate contentState Budget

Tuesday, June 17, 2008Lawmakers Approve $30 Million in New Cuts
Thursday, June 5, 2008Budget Bill Passes, Deficit Talk Continues
Wednesday, April 9, 2008Lynch Declines To Rule Out Tax Increases
Thursday, March 20, 2008Senate Keeps Gambling Bill
Thursday, January 17, 2008House Considers Raising the Age of Juvenile Offenders
Tuesday, January 15, 2008Governor Lynch Says Looming Shortfall May Force Budget Trim
Tuesday, February 20, 2007Breaking Down the Budget
Monday, February 19, 2007Lynch Targets Funds for North Country
Thursday, February 15, 2007Governor Lynch's Budget Address
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Syndicate contentSubstance Abuse

Tuesday, July 15, 2008Taking Our Daily Meds
Thursday, June 12, 2008Tripping Out At Harvard
Thursday, May 29, 2008Addicted Doctors
Friday, May 23, 2008Remember the Homeless Vets
Thursday, May 22, 2008People with Mental Illnesses Often Rely on Emergency Care
Monday, May 5, 2008Residents Resist a Drug Clinic in Conway
Friday, April 25, 2008The Mellowing of Marijuana Laws
Thursday, April 24, 2008Hooked from the First Cigarette
Wednesday, April 23, 2008Online Rogue Pharmacies Selling Prescription Drugs to Addicts
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Syndicate contentTaxes

Monday, June 16, 2008Sullivan County Wants a New Jail
Thursday, June 5, 2008Budget Bill Passes, Deficit Talk Continues
Wednesday, May 14, 2008Group Aims to Cap Property Taxes in 11 Communities
Monday, May 12, 2008How I Spent My Stimulus
Friday, May 9, 2008Manchester Mayor's Draft Budget Cuts School Funding
Friday, May 9, 2008Municipal Tax Caps
Tuesday, May 6, 2008Businesses Say State Should Go Slow on Hiking Cigarette Tax and Cutting Wine Discounts
Monday, April 14, 2008Learning to Love Taxes
Wednesday, April 9, 2008Lynch Declines To Rule Out Tax Increases
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Syndicate contentTobacco Tax

Tuesday, May 6, 2008Businesses Say State Should Go Slow on Hiking Cigarette Tax and Cutting Wine Discounts
Thursday, April 14, 2005House Committee Votes to Raise Cigarette Tax
Tuesday, February 15, 2005Governor Lynch Proposes Budget Plan
Friday, January 14, 2005Taxing Tobacco
Monday, November 8, 2004Store Owner Fears Tobacco Tax Hike
Friday, May 7, 2004House Backs Cigarette Tax To Fund Education
Tuesday, April 27, 2004House Ways and Means Endorses Tobacco Tax
Thursday, April 10, 2003House Finance Passes Two Budgets
Monday, March 3, 2003Raising the State's Tobacco Tax: A New Study
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