NH OUTLOOK ROUNDTABLE EDITION, Friday, 3/16/2001
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Journalists from around the state talk about the week's top stories - from the historic state supreme court hearings into the statewide property tax to the continuing debate on how to fund education.
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook.
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It has been the worst week ever for the Dow Jones industrial average.
Continuing profit and economic worries sent the blue chip index down 208 points, to 98-hundred-23. The other major averages also lost significant ground this week. Technology shares led the decline again today. The Nasdaq composite tumbled almost 50 points to end the week at 18-hundred-91. The S-and-P 500 fell 23 points to eleven-hundred-50.
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Vitts Networks has asked the Public Utilities Commission to allow it to go out of business in 30 days. The Manchester-based Internet provider first announced it was going out of business in January and filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection in February.
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Maine and New Hampshire may diasgree over which state is home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard - but they're in total agreement when it comes to keeping jobs there.
Congressional delegations from both states pressed the Defense Department on reports of a possible delay in the start of the refueling of the nuclear sub U-S-S Albuquerque. The delegation delivered a letter urging the Navy to stay on schedule -saying any delay could disrupt work flow, cause layoffs and end hiring of new workers.

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Governor Jeanne Shaheen has announced a new plan to help mentors make a difference in the lives of young people.
At a news conference today, the governor said the state has created a new agency that will provide funding, training and other assistance to existing mentor programs such as Big Brothers. About a thousand New Hampshire children are now enrolled in mentoring programs. The new organization hopes to sign up 25-hundred more in the next four years.
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It was another springlike day out there today - we checked in with weather observer Katie Hess just a few minutes ago
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That's all for this edition of Outlook tonight. Thanks for joining us.
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Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook:
New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion
Public Service of New Hampshire
Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust
Putnam Foundation
Stratford Foundation
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Soon there'll be a whole new way to find out what's going on in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
The House will present its sessions live on the Legislature's Web site beginning Thursday of next week.
You'll be able to log on to the sessions at gencourt-dot-state-nh-dot-us.

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Coming up Monday on Outlook:
A debate on legislation that would require insurance plans to provide benefits for mental illnesses, alcohol and drug dependency. Why is it important? What will it cost businesses and consumers? Be sure to tune in.
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