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Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Beth Carroll is off. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It was a busy week at the State House -- with the House voting on the state budget. there's more news about when we may see EZ Pass in New Hampshire and a big rally is planned for the Shipyard. Joining us this week to talk about that and more: at the Statehouse in Concord we have Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio and Dan Barrick of the Concord Monitor. And in our Durham studio, we have James Pindell of PoliticsNH.com. Welcome all. |
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Wednesday was the biggest day of the year in the NH House of Representatives. The House voted on the state budget, a higher cigarette tax and education funding. Much of the debate over the state budget centered around an attempt by the Democrats and some Republicans to restore about 20-million dollars that had been cut, even though the Finance Committee said the money wasn't there. |
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When the vote on the budget was complete, it was clear that there were some bruised feelings among the Democrats. I spoke with Democratic leader Jim Craig about the fight. |
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There were other big votes on Wednesday. One bill aimed to raise the cigarette tax by 28-cents a pack - with the revenue increase dedicated to education funding. As one lawmaker put it, 87-million dollars in cigarette taxes is 87- million dollars in property tax relief. |
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The cigarette tax increase is an important part of the latest education funding plan to pass the House. The plan presented by the Finance Committee was criticized for being too gradual in getting aid to needy towns - so it went down to defeat. An amended plan would speed up targeted aid and use the Governor's formula to measure educational need. |
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The Governor had praise for Republican lawmakers this week as they worked on the budget, but some Republicans had less than kind words for the Governor. They were pointing to a former volunteer advisor to the Governor, Ned Helms, who they said was operating with a conflict of interest. |
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All these years later and Newt Gingrich still draws a crowd. He made a number of appearances in the state this week, promoting his new book - and did an editorial board meeting with the Concord Monitor. |
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We keep getting reminded there's nothing easy about EZ Pass. The electronic toll collection system was supposed to be in place by Memorial Day. It now appears that will be delayed into the summer. On Wednesday, the Executive council met with Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray to discuss the issue. They have yet to decide what discount, if any, to offer EZ Pass users, and how much to charge for the transponders. According to the governor, it's a matter of planning. |
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Three weeks and counting until the Base Closure list is announced. On Friday, May 13th, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to release his list of recommendations on which military installations should be closed. |
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I'm Richard Ager. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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CONCORD, N.H. - This week the Senate will take a look at a bill that would require children under the age of 16 to wear helmets when bicycling on public roads. Ellen Edgerly of the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire supports the bill. She says helmets can reduce the risk of head trauma by 90 percent. AP-NY-04-18-05 0815EDT AP-NH--Helmet Bill Senate to take up bill requiring helmets bywwwwcon CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's 'Live Free or Die' motto means people here have the choice to do things that other states forbid. Like driving without a seat belt, or riding a motorcycle without a helmet, for example. But lawmakers are taking a closer look this week at a bill that would limit the spirit of that motto for the state's youngest residents. The state Senate is taking up a bill that would require children younger than 16 years old to wear helmets while cycling on public roadways. The bill has already passed the House. Ellen Edgerly of the state Brain Injury Association says helmets can reduce the risk of head trauma by 90 percent. She says 461 children were killed or hospitalized because of bicycle related brain injuries between 1998 and 2003. She says most of the children were hit by cars and only 15 percent were wearing helmets. AP-NY-04-18-05 0622EDT |
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P-NH--School Funding-Court Court says school funding law is constitutional dewho CONCORD, N.H. - The state Supreme Court ruled today that New Hampshire's school funding law is constitutional. The court dismissed a challenge by Manchester and Rochester, which argued the law violated the state constitution because legislation that involves spending money must originate in the House - not the Senate, as this bill did. They argued the law should not stand because a small group of lawmakers changed the wording after House legislators voted. The state Supreme Court upheld a lower court's ruling that the changes were just technical. It also ruled that while it was introduced in the Senate, it only authorized spending money in its final form, after being approved first by the House. AP-NY-04-20-05 1257EDT |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/22/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Wednesday was the biggest day of the year in the NH House of Representatives.The House voted on the state budget, a higher cigarette tax and education funding. Much of the debate over the state budget centered around an attempt by the Democrats and some Republicans to restore about 20-million dollars that had been cut, even though the Finance Committee said the money wasn't there. There were other big votes on Wednesday. One bill aimed to raise the cigarette tax by 28 cents a pack with the revenue increase dedicated to education funding. As one lawmaker put it, 87 million dollars in cigarette taxes is 87 million dollars in property tax relief. The cigarette tax increase is an important part of the latest education funding plan to pass the House. The plan presented by the Finance Committee was criticized for being too gradual in getting aid to needy towns so it went down to defeat. An amended plan would speed up targeted aid and use the Governor's formula to measure educational need. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. John Pratt\ Walpole,Rep. Neal Kurk Weare, Rep. Packy Campbell\ Farmington. Rep. Packy Campbell\Amendment Sponsor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/22/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Wednesday was the biggest day of the year in the NH House of Representatives.The House voted on the state budget, a higher cigarette tax and education funding. Much of the debate over the state budget centered around an attempt by the Democrats and some Republicans to restore about 20-million dollars that had been cut, even though the Finance Committee said the money wasn't there. There were other big votes on Wednesday. One bill aimed to raise the cigarette tax by 28 cents a pack with the revenue increase dedicated to education funding. As one lawmaker put it, 87 million dollars in cigarette taxes is 87 million dollars in property tax relief. The cigarette tax increase is an important part of the latest education funding plan to pass the House. The plan presented by the Finance Committee was criticized for being too gradual in getting aid to needy towns so it went down to defeat. An amended plan would speed up targeted aid and use the Governor's formula to measure educational need. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. John Pratt\ Walpole,Rep. Neal Kurk Weare, Rep. Packy Campbell\ Farmington. Rep. Packy Campbell\Amendment Sponsor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/22/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes We keep getting reminded there's nothing easy about EZ Pass. The electronic toll collection system was supposed to be in place by Memorial Day. It now appears that will be delayed into the summer. On Wednesday, the Executive council met with Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray to discuss the issue.They have yet to decide what discount, if any, to offer EZ Pass users, and how much to charge for the transponders. According to the governor, it's a matter of planning. The issue is to make sure we have a good financial plan in place to accomodate the introduction of EZ pass. Part of the problem was that when EZ Pass was announced back in December, there was no financial plan in place to accompany the introduction. So now we have to make sure there is a viable financial plan before we go ahead and introduce EZ Pass. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/22/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes We keep getting reminded there's nothing easy about EZ Pass. The electronic toll collection system was supposed to be in place by Memorial Day. It now appears that will be delayed into the summer. On Wednesday, the Executive council met with Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray to discuss the issue.They have yet to decide what discount, if any, to offer EZ Pass users, and how much to charge for the transponders. According to the governor, it's a matter of planning. The issue is to make sure we have a good financial plan in place to accomodate the introduction of EZ pass. Part of the problem was that when EZ Pass was announced back in December, there was no financial plan in place to accompany the introduction. So now we have to make sure there is a viable financial plan before we go ahead and introduce EZ Pass. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire |
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Friday, April 22, 2005: The producer computer wasn't working when I got to the Control Room. I unplugged it and it eventually got going. We were waiting for Mike Pomp to join us when Sandy said he didn't think he was scheduled. We'll have to look into what happened there. Just after 2pm the Deko crashed. I had yet to look at keys because of my computer problem. The Deko just needed to be re-booted. We changed the set to reflect only one in-studio guest. We got going by 2:15pm. After talking to Becky last week, Todd tried a new table set up in Concord to see how we liked it. We went with it as a test. The show went well. We liked the table. Promos were taped yesterday. We finished by 2:40pm. Director's Log: When we switched to the one on one set lights, there was a harsh light hitting Richards face. I had Jay turn down that light. It was light #30 and it was dimmed to 60 from 84. I need to figure out how to save that since they seem to be going back to where they were. Also, there was a little mix up with a VO SOT order. Fortunately, I caught the mistake before we went to it. Randy's keys were also in the wrong order, Carl made sure we went to the right tape for the SOT since there were a few things going on at the same time. The table seemed to work in Concord. Drew went home early because his mother is in the hospital. But it all worked out okay. |