Story Archives of 'State of the State'

The morning after Governor John Lynch’s State of the State Address, we’ll sit down with the leadership of the House and Senate to talk about the report and the picture it paints of the health of the Granite State. We’ll also look at what implications the speech may have in terms of policy and legislation for the new year.

Guests

• Sylvia Larsen, Democrat from Concord and President of the Senate
• Ted Gatsas, Republican from Manchester and Senate Minority Leader
• Terie Norelli, Democrat from Portsmouth and Speaker of the House
• Gene Chandler, Republican Representative from Bartlett who is currently the Senior Republican Policy Advisor in the House and former Speaker of the House

Lynch uses State of the State speech to call for government belt-tightening and help for North Country. GOP says Lynch should have crimped spending last year, when Democrats passed a budget that increased spending by 17 percent.

The High Court speak on NH’s Parental Notification Law
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court voted unanimously that it was wrong for a lower court to strike down this abortion law over health exceptions, we’ll get reactions from Granite Staters. Laura's guests are for the first half are Claire Ebel, Executive Director of New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, Phyllis Woods, Former Republican State Representative from Dover, and Co-sponsor of the House Parental Notification bill and NH Attorney General, Kelly Ayotte.

State of the State Address
Then we'll look back at Governor Lynch’s State of the State address, what was said, what wasn’t and where it goes from here. Governor John Lynch delivered his State of the State Address after a year full of accomplishments and hardships. We'll look back at 2005 and see what lies ahead for New Hampshire in 2006. We’ll discuss the issues Governor Lynch raised, as well as the concerns of some New Hampshire legislators. In the second half, Laura's guests are Tom Fahey, State House Bureau Chief of the New Hampshire Union Leader, Senator Peter Burling, Democrat of Cornish, and Congressman Michael O'Neil, House Majority Leader from Hampton.

Governor John Lynch gave his State of the State address Wednesday morning at the State House. You can hear the complete speech here, and post your reactions to the Governor's address.

Governor Benson addressed New Hampshire Residents last night at an unprecedented new location in Plymouth. We'll review his speech, talk about the issues raised from the economy to infrastructure to education funding and analyze what the state of our state is January, 2004. Laura's guests are State Deputy House Speaker Michael Whalley. State House Democratic Leader Peter Burling and Jeff Feingold, Editor of the New Hampshire Business Review