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Hello, I'm Allison McNair Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. |
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Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. |
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History was made this week in Concord: \ Wednesday, the Executive Council approved the appointment of Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's first female Attorney General and then Governor Benson swore her in. Ayotte replaces Peter Heed, who resigned amid allegations of misconduct at a state-sponsored conference in May. |
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Also this week an independent investigation "cleared" Peter Heed of any criminal wrongdoing. Heed had asked the Executive Council to hold his resignation until the investigation was complete, but the council denied his request and Governor Craig Benson nominated Ayotte. |
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Here's one that we've all heard before - New Hampshire's education funding formula is being challenged. This week Manchester and Rochester asked the state's highest court to hear their claim that the latest school aid distribution law is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court dismissed the cities' appeal and has recommended that it be heard in a lower court first. Norma - I know those two cities would lose millions under this formula - how much are we talking about and what do they claim is unconstitutional about the distribution formula? |
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On Tuesday, Governor Benson received a visit from some neighbors. Officials from Killington, Vermont were in Concord. It was the first step taken with New Hampshire in discussing the town's desire to join the Granite State. High property taxes are the reason they'd like to secede from Vermont. they think they'd save millions by becoming part of the Granite State. The plan by Killington to switch its state affiliation would have to be approved by the legislatures in both states and in Congress. |
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New Hampshire's Democratic Party is suing the Republican State Committee and it's former Executive Director for jamming phone lines during the 2002 election. The Democrats lawyer says he'll ask the court to order Republicans not to engage in illegal activities in the next election. He's also seek money damages. The U.S. Justice Department has already charged former state GOP Director Charles McGee and the head of a Virginia telemarketing firm with conspiring to jam phone lines at Democratic Party offices in four cities and one at the firefighter union headquarters. McGee is scheduled to go to court later this month. |
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If you want to vote for "Granny D" in New Hampshire this fall-- you'll have to put an "X" next to the name Doris Haddock. The state Ballot Law Commission this week denied Haddock's request to appear on the ballot in her U-S Senate race by her nickname, "Granny D." That's what she was known by when she made her highly publicized walk across the country in 19-99 to boost campaign finance reform. The commission found that Haddock's nickname is more a term of endearment and not a name by which she has been known for most of her life. |
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On Sunday, Paul Hodes, Democratic candidate for the second Congressional Distict, who hopes to face incumbent Charlie Bass, was campaigning in the North Country. He made stops in Lancaster and at The Balsams. |
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Wednesday at the Executive council meeting |
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The former general counsel of Tyco was made a happy man on Thursday. Mark Belnick was aquitted of criminal charges that he stole money and falsified business records. Jurors returned the verdict of not guilty after five days of deliberations. This follows on the heels of the mistrial declared in the case against former Tyco C-E-O Dennis Kozlowski this past spring. A new trial for Kozlowski is scheduled for January 2005. |
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Of course, we can't say goodbye before mentioning the big news out of New York today-- the sentencing of style-maven Martha Stewart. She was sentenced to five months in prison for lying about a stock sale. She was also ordered to serve five months of home confinement and fined 30-thousand dollars. The judge stayed her sentence pending appeal. In a statement outside the courthouse, Stewart called the sentencing "a shameful day" for her, her family and her company. |
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Coming up Monday on New Hampshire Outlook: A closer look at Killington's plans to move on over to New Hampshire. Phil Vaughn travels to Vermont and back for the story. |
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I'm Ally McNair. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time. |
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Coming up Monday on New Hampshire Outlook: A closer look at Killington's attempt to secede from Vermont and become part of New Hampshire. . Join us Monday at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. ======================== Coming up Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: A closer look at Killington's attempt to secede from Vermont and become part of New Hampshire. . Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:00 minute Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. History was made this week in Concord: Wednesday, the Executive Council approved the appointment of Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's first female Attorney General and then Governor Benson swore her in. Ayotte replaces Peter Heed, who resigned amid allegations of misconduct at a state-sponsored conference in May. Also this week an independent investigation "cleared" Peter Heed of any criminal wrongdoing. Heed had asked the Executive Council to hold his resignation until the investigation was complete, but the council denied his request and Governor Craig Benson nominated Ayotte. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat Kelly Ayotte\NH Attorney General |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:00 minute Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. History was made this week in Concord: Wednesday, the Executive Council approved the appointment of Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's first female Attorney General and then Governor Benson swore her in. Ayotte replaces Peter Heed, who resigned amid allegations of misconduct at a state-sponsored conference in May. Also this week an independent investigation "cleared" Peter Heed of any criminal wrongdoing. Heed had asked the Executive Council to hold his resignation until the investigation was complete, but the council denied his request and Governor Craig Benson nominated Ayotte. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat Kelly Ayotte\NH Attorney General |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. Here's one that we've all heard before - New Hampshire's education funding formula is being challenged. This week Manchester and Rochester asked the state's highest court to hear their claim that the latest school aid distribution law is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court dismissed the cities' appeal and has recommended that it be heard in a lower court first. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. Here's one that we've all heard before - New Hampshire's education funding formula is being challenged. This week Manchester and Rochester asked the state's highest court to hear their claim that the latest school aid distribution law is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court dismissed the cities' appeal and has recommended that it be heard in a lower court first. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:00 minute Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. On Tuesday, Governor Benson received a visit from some neighbors. Officials from Killington, Vermont were in Concord. It was the first step taken with New Hampshire in discussing the town's desire to join the Granite State. High property taxes are the reason they'd like to secede from Vermont. they think they'd save millions by becoming part of the Granite State. The plan by Killington to switch its state affiliation would have to be approved by the legislatures in both states and in Congress. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat Norman Holcomb\Killington Selectman Craig Benson\NH Governor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. On Tuesday, Governor Benson received a visit from some neighbors. Officials from Killington, Vermont were in Concord. It was the first step taken with New Hampshire in discussing the town's desire to join the Granite State. New Hampshire's Democratic Party is suing the Republican State Committee and it's former Executive Director for jamming phone lines during the 2002 election. The Democrats lawyer says he'll ask the court to order Republicans not to engage in illegal activities in the next election. He's also seek money damages.The U.S. Justice Department has already charged former state GOP Director Charles McGee and the head of a Virginia telemarketing firm with conspiring to jam phone lines at Democratic Party offices in four cities and one at the firefighter union headquarters. McGee is scheduled to go to court later this month. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:00 minute Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. The former general counsel of Tyco was made a happy man on Thursday. Mark Belnick was aquitted of criminal charges that he stole money and falsified business records. Jurors returned the verdict of not guilty after five days of deliberations. This follows on the heels of the mistrial declared in the case against former Tyco C-E-O Dennis Kozlowski this past spring. A new trial for Kozlowski is scheduled for January 2005. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 45 seconds Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. Of course, we can't say goodbye before mentioning the big news out of New York today-- the sentencing of style-maven Martha Stewart. She was sentenced to five months in prison for lying about a stock sale. She was also ordered to serve five months of home confinement and fined 30-thousand dollars. The judge stayed her sentence pending appeal. In a statement outside the courthouse, Stewart called the sentencing "a shameful day" for her, her family and her company. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:00 minute Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. On Sunday, Paul Hodes, Democratic candidate for the second Congressional Distict, who hopes to face incumbent Charlie Bass, was campaigning in the North Country. He made stops in Lancaster and at The Balsams. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 07/16/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Beth Carroll is on assignment. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. This week history in the Granite State with the swearing in of the first female attorney general, Killington politicians made their pitch to Governor Benson to have the Vermont town part of New Hamphire and nicknames on the ballot. Joining us to talk about the issues are from Concord: Norma Love from the Associated Press and here in studio, Jeff Feingold from the NH Business Review and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. If you want to vote for "Granny D" in New Hampshire this fall-- you'll have to put an "X" next to the name Doris Haddock. The state Ballot Law Commission this week denied Haddock's request to appear on the ballot in her U-S Senate race by her nickname, "Granny D." That's what she was known by when she made her highly publicized walk across the country in 19-99 to boost campaign finance reform. The commission found that Haddock's nickname is more a term of endearment and not a name by which she has been known for most of her life. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Norma Love\The Associated Press Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat |
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July 16, 2004: Ally hosted the show today, we started a bit late because one of our guests was a few minutes late. We had a couple of prompter issues, one script never made it into the prompter and another that was killed just before we started the show remained in the prompter. I know Kristen just updated the prompter software but I think this has to be looked into. I will send her a separate note. We finished the show just after 3pm. |
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AP-NH--Benson Cuts Benson says more cuts coming bywcon -- Governor Craig Benson says state agencies should get ready for more cuts. The governor -- who plans to campaign for re-election on a platform of no tax increases -- says state departments should prepare to slash future budgets to below current levels. The current budget is six-point-five percent more than the one from two years ago. Benson says budgets for 2006-2007 should be less than that. He says state commissioners should expect cuts as deep as 15 percent. Benson says departments should continue hiring freezes and program cuts in the face of a budget deficit that could hit 300 million dollars in the next two years. State senator Dick Green says further cuts might cause layoffs and shrink services. He says with less money in the budget, it will be harder to serve people. AP-NY-07-12-04 0532EDT |
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson made a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Monday for the Bush-Cheney ticket. Thompson announced the Bush-Cheney 2004 New Hampshire Senior Leadership Team. He also kicked off a two week grassroots tour across the state where Bush-Cheney supporters will talk with New Hampshire seniors about the benefits of President Bush's Medicare Reform. The rumors have been flying all week about the Bush-Cheney ticket and whether the President should look for someone else to be his Vice President. Here's what Thompson had to say about what Bush and Cheney mean to senior citizens in New Hampshire as a team. "It means so much I mean you just take a look at the tax cuts that this president has been able to go through, that's going to give every senior more of there own dollars that they can spend rather than the government number two he's passed a very a very wonderful Medicare modernization act that's going to give seniors the opportunity to get their drugs that ah help paid for by the federal government something that other people in public offices have been talking about for ten years, George bush delivered and is making that possible for seniors in NH and across America." 08:38:59 The White House says there is NO doubt Vice President Dick Cheney is on the Republican presidential ticket to stay despite the rumors to the contrary published on the front page of the New York Times. So is this really campaign season -- "inside the beltway" rumor-mongering as White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan called it? Could there be more to it, given a recent Gallup poll that found the Vice President's favorable rating trailed the Democratic V-P pick John Edwards' by nine percentage points. On the campaign tail, President Bush has made it clear he's happy with his choice but some republicans may be concerned about those numbers. AS FOR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MR. CHENEY STACKS UP AGAINST THE COMPETITION. EVEN HE POKED FUN AT THE ISSUE. CHENEY: SOMEBODY SAID TO ME THE OTHER DAY THAT SENATOR EDWARDS GOT PICKED FOR HIS GOOD LOOKS AND CHARM. I SAID, "HOW DO YOU THINK I GOT THIS JOB?" THE BUSH-CHENEY CAMPAIGN POINTS TO THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON AS AN ASSET AND A BIG ADVANTAGE OVER JOHN EDWARDS. CAMPAIGN AIDES ALSO SAY THE VICE PRESIDENT IS A STRONG FUNDRAISER. WELL-LIKED BY SUPPORTERS. THE SAY SINCE HE STARTED STUMPING FOR VOTES MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. HE'S ATTENDED 46 BUSH-CHENEY FUNDRAISING EVENTS. |
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AP-NH-XGR--School Funding Manchester, Rochester sue to throw out school aid law nmlho -- Two of New Hampshire's cities asked the state Supreme Court today to throw out the new school aid law that just took effect. Manchester and Rochester claim the law originated in the Senate when the state constitution requires that all revenue bills originate in the House. They also argue that substantial changes were made to the bill during the enrollment process, after legislators cast their final votes. They say lawmakers had to vote on the changes for them to be constitutional. They say instead a few Republican legislative leaders "deceptively, deviously and secretly" approved the changes. They want the court to stop the aid distribution and declare an older distribution system to be in effect. Manchester would get at least four-and-a-half million dollars more under the old system. Rochester would get about a million dollars more. If the cities are successful, over 100 other towns would get less aid. AP-NY-07-13-04 1145EDT |