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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. A bill aimed at capping emissions at state power plants gets mixed reviews. The controversial campaign finance reform legislation is now the law of the land what does it mean to New Hampshire? And a group dedicated to building a network of civic leaders in New Hampshire, holds a unique reunion |
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Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Allison McNair. |
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The media will be allowed to record what happens at the Dartmouth College murder case hearings tomorrow. Late today, the New Hampshire Supreme Court granted an emergency order to allow cameras and tape recorders into the Grafton County Superior Court. A group of news organizations had asked the state's higest court to grant the emergency order after a Grafton County Superior Court judge refused to reconsider his ban on cameras and recorders in the courtroom. Robert Tulloch is expected to change his plea tomorrow to guilty, which means there would be no trial. James Parker is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow as well. |
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A bill aimed at capping emissions at state power plants is getting mixed reviews in Concord. At a Senate Environmental committee hearing on Wednesday proponents of the bill including the Lung Association and the Audubon Society testified the legislation is a step in the right direction. Critics of the bill are taking aim at a provision that allows power plants to trade pollution emission credits with other states to comply with the emission caps. They say trading creates an illusion of a cleaner environment but focuses more on lowering rates than public health. |
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Doug Bogen; Clean Water Action T3; 18:10 trading makes perfect sense with things like CO2 but with things like mercury and fine particulates they need to be addressing the problem at the source which are the three power plants. so you can't apply the same technique to every pollutant out there. 18:33 **BUTT** T1 15:22 Jeb Bradley, Prime sponsor Trading leads to lower priced compliance and because of incentives over-complng with the standards. 15:33 ***BUTT*** T1; 15:53 virtually all proposals in Washington for lowering air pollution in this country have involved trading. its a mechanism that works and its a mechanism that we should favor in New Hampshire. 16:06 T3 17:32 Bogen we worked very hard try and negotiate compromises that would assure some measure of public health protection, some reduction of pollution being emitted by the power plants and that was not successful. 17:46 TRT 1 minute |
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For more information on House Bill 284, you can log onto the state website at w-w-w-dot- state- dot- N-H- dot -U-S. |
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Wednesday, the Senate Education Committee heard testimony on a house bill that would fund two advocacy positions in the department of education to serve the needs of parents or guardians with special needs children. As Outlook reported Monday, the advocates would intervene in disputes between parents and school districts over how to serve the needs of the children. The department of education currently has no one in that ombudsman role. Because the money to pay for the advocacy program would come from existing funds at the Department of Education, an attorney for the Disabled Rights Center was asked how other programs would be affected. |
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atty. Richard Cohen disabilities rights center 26:52 You will get a tremendous bang for your buck. If the goal here is improved education- although there may be something that is lost- that will be overcome by the fact that this money can be used to improved parent education and improve advocacy where necessary with the ultimate result the you'll get improved education far more than if that 105 thousand dollars was used for something else. 27:18 |
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The campaign for the Republican nomination for Congress is a little smaller today. Former Executive Councilor Bill Cahill announced today that he is dropping out of the race. He cited difficulty raising money as one of the reasons for his decision. Cahill also said that he needs to refocus on his communications business. Other Republicans running for the nomination are --- Jeb Bradley, Mike Chema, Gary Hoffman, Sean Mahoney and Fran Wendelboe. The only declared Democrat is Martha Fuller Clark. |
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Controversial campaign finance reform legislation is now the law of the land. President Bush signed the McCain-Feingold, Shays-Meehan bill without fanfare. While he had opposed such reform, the opinion of many is that it would have been politically unwise for Bush not to sign it --- especially after the Enron collapse. But the debate is far from over. The constitutionality of the law is being challenged in court. What does that mean and just how effective will these new regulations be? Colin Van Ostern --- Communications Director for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Republican Analyst Jane Marcucci, and U-N-H Political Science Professor Clark Hubbard joined me to talk about the details of campaign finance reform. |
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Clark, what is the legislation supposed to do and why should I care? Jane, now that the reforms have been approved, they're being challenged in court, by the NRA and Republican Senator Mitch McConnell. How is the president reconciling his past opposition to campaign finance reform, with his approval of the bill and the opposition from his conservative supporters? Colin, Democrats were very much in favor of campaign finance reform. Among the criticisms is that it violates free speech. How do you respond? Clark, the president signed the bill into law without fanfare, without any of the bill's sponsors at the White House, what does that say about. What is the political context of this legislation? Jane, how does the state party think campaign finance reform will impact campaigns here in NH? Colin, is there a concern that, after a while, people will find loopholes in this legislation? |
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For more information about the politics of this election year, you can log on to our website at N-H-P-T-V-DOT-ORG or the Republican Party at N-H-G-O-P-DOT-O-R-G and the Democratic party at N-H-D-P-DOT-O-R-G. |
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Stocks ended down across the board on worries about rising tensions in the Middle East. |
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The Dow Jones suffered its fourth straight losing effort, falling 115 points. The Nasdaq slumped giving back 20 points to end at 17-hundred-84. The S and P 500 fell eleven points. Dow Jones\10198.29\-115.42\NYSE\590.68\-5.64\American Stock Exchange\907.98\-7.87 \Nasdaq\1784.35\-20.05 \S&P 500\1125.40 \-11.36\Wall Street\ |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Autodesk was down a dollar- ninety seven. Bottomline Technologies rose forty eight cents. PC Connection dropped a dollar. Raytheon lost a dollar fifty. And State Street Corp ended the day down a dollar twenty three. Autodesk Inc.\43.4\-1.97\Bottomline Technologies\9.00\+0.48\PC Connection\9.15\-1.00\Raytheon\40.25\-1.50\State Street Corp\53.72\-1.23\NH Stocks\Source: yahoo.com |
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There's strength in numbers. That's the idea behind the new Healthcare Purchaser Partnership being formed in the state. Dozens of representatives from some of the state's largest employers gathered in Concord on Wednesday to discuss the formation of The New Hampshire Healthcare Purchaser Partnership. The partnership, spear headed by the non-profit- 'Health Trust' will be developing strategies to increase the quality and lower the cost of healthcare in the state. Some employers at the meeting say, with soaring health costs, a partnership like this is critical. |
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T1; Donna Marcin, NH Ball Bearing, Inc. 59:29 we've got about 925 employees in NH and year after year we've been hit with astronomical price increases in our health insur that we offer to employees. as the benefits admin at NH ball bearing I'm interested in finding ways to reduce that so we can continue to offer employees quality health plans 59:50 John Andrews, T4; 42:50 we're looking at rate increases that run from 15-30 percent. our organization and other employers around the state in the private sector have experienced healthcare increases that are even greater than that. Every year we see people who can't afford insurance and we need to do something about that. 43:20 ****BUTT**** T4; 43:39 JOHN eventually we'll bring into the partnership providers- hospitals and doctors and their organizations to try to work together to address those issues. 43:51 |
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For more information on the New Hampshire Healthcare Purchaser Partnership, log on to healthtrustonline-dot-org. |
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As long as the economy and weather hold out New Hampshire tourism officials say they expect a good spring tourism season. According to one tourism forecast - it's expected the number of visitors will be up by about one percent, and visitors will be spending more - up about three percent, to more than 600 million dollars. |
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Where the sun came out today it definately felt like spring. Steve Bailey of the Mount Washington Observatory has a look at what we can expect - now that cooler temperatures have arrrived. He also has details on conditions where he is on top of the rock pile. |
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Mt. Washington Observatory\Wednesday on the Summit\Freezing fog and ice pellets\Visibility: 50 to 100 feet \High: 36 \Peak Gust: W 66 mph Overnight\North\Mostly cloudy \Chance of snow showers \Mostly clear\Lows: Mid 20s Overnight\South\Scattered rain showers \Then clearing\Lows: Near 30 \Winds: W around 10 mph Thursday\North\Partly sunny\Highs: Low 40s \Winds: NW 10 to 20 mph \ Thursday\South\Mostly sunny\Highs: Around 50 \Southwestern NH: Near 40 \Winds: W 10 to 20 mph |
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Leadership New Hampshire, a group dedicated to building a network of civic leaders in New Hampshire, recently held a unique kind of "working" reunion for 50 of its graduates. They came together recently at the New Hampshire Technical Institute to deliberate on the education funding issue. But, they didn't just talk about it, they had to develop a statewide education policy and a speech for an imaginary governor's campaign. And, they had to do it all in 90 minutes. They used a process facilited by the New England Center for Civic Life called "deliberative dialogue". |
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Leadership New Hampshire, a group dedicated to building a network of civic leaders in New Hampshire, recently held a unique kind of "working" reunion for 50 of its graduates. They came together recently at the New Hampshire Technical Institute to deliberate on the education funding issue. But, they didn't just talk about it, they had to develop a statewide education policy and a speech for an imaginary governor's campaign. And, they had to do it all in 90 minutes. They used a process facilited by the New England Center for Civic LIfe called "deliberative dialogue". |
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The education report compiled from this event will be part of a report to the legislature. It'll be presented at a news conference on April 11 with a new statewide partnership: The New Hampshire Civic Connection. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - UNH faces off in the frozen 4. we'll bring you the highlights |
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That's it for this edition of our program. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Ally McNair. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. UNH faces off in the frozen 4. we'll bring you the highlights Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:4/3/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 4:38 In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on Leadership New Hampshire, a group dedicated to building a network of civic leaders in New Hampshire. The group recently held a unique kind of "working" reunion for 50 of its graduates. They came together at the New Hampshire Technical Institute to deliberate on the education funding issue. But, they didn't just talk about it, they had to develop a statewide education policy and a speech for an imaginary governor's campaign. And, they had to do it all in 90 minutes. They used a process facilited by the New England Center for Civic Life called "deliberative dialogue". PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Edda Cantor\Exec. Dir., Leadership New Hamsphire Jon Greenberg\NH Civic Connection\Jon Greenberg\NH Public Radio Doug Hall\NH Center for Public Policy Studies Doug Challenger\Dir., New England Cener for Civic Life Dana Huntley\Peterborough Connie Roy-Csyzowski\Concord Magaret Dryer\Plainfield |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:4/3/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:03 In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on a bill aimed at capping emissions at state power plants. Proponents of the bill including the Lung Association and the Audubon Society testified the legislation is a step in the right direction. Critics of the bill are taking aim at a provision that allows power plants to trade pollution emission credits with other states to comply with the emission caps. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Ben French NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Doug Bogen\Clean Water Action Rep. Jeb Bradley\R - Wolfeboro |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:4/2/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 10:30 In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a discussion on controversial campaign finance reform legislation. President Bush signed the McCain-Feingold, Shays-Meehan bill without fanfare. While he had opposed such reform, the opinion of many is that it would have been politically unwise for Bush not to sign it --- especially after the Enron collapse. But the debate is far from over. The constitutionality of the law is being challenged in court. Several experts joined us to discuss what that means and just how effective the new regulations be. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Ally McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jayne Marcucci\Republican Analyst Colin Van Ostern\NH Democratic Party Prof. Clark Hubbard\UNH Political Science Dept. |
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