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Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. It was a week for making the other person blink as state legislators finally sealed a deal between the house and senate. It was the result of long tough negotiations, and some long-held ambitions being thwarted once again. |
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Budget Deal Script: Soundup; Tuesday Hearing Disk 13:33:09 Pages 12 & 13. Authorizes the state treasurer to refinance certain debt service obligations. Net impact in Fiscal year 10 - $0. In fiscal year 11 - $40 million. Track: Line by line, the amounts large and small were stripped from the state budget to produce Special Session House Bill 1 - just under $300 million in savings. Some - like the state's courts - feel they have already contributed their share - and now must give more. Bite: Tuesday Hearing Disk 14:17:34 Not appointing full time judges. Cutting senior active judges. Cutting per diem judges. Cutting security expenses can only result in fewer trials in the system, longer waits to be heard and a continuation of the erosion of delivery of justice to NH. The judicial branch doesn't have any programs. We just have justice to give to the citizens of NH. With these cuts, there will be less of it. Track: Though this was the final public hearing on the budget - few except legislators and lobbyists showed up. Bite: Tuesday Hearing Disk 14:23:50 Consumers who use personal care services, of which I am one, are having their services cut, and they are basically being asked what they do on a daily basis, and what services they are able to live without. In the short term, that means consumers aren't getting the services they need to live independently. In the long term, that means that people with disabilities may have to consider living in a more institutionalized setting at a much greater cost to the state of NH. Track: As legislators convened on Wednesday to cast their votes, it seemed positions had hardened as eyes turned to the next election. Bite; complains about budget - boos. Bite: Track: And even as the budget deal finally closed, a big part of the budget solution - the Medicaid enhancment - remained unconfirmed by the federal govt. 14:33:37 We expect the enhancement to go through. Over thirty states are expecting it in their budgets and we're at this point expecting an additional forty-eight million dollars which will be applied to fiscal year '11. 14:33:49 HOW SOLID WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE EXPECTING IT? I MEAN YOU'RE COUNTING ON IT? We are counting on it. We continue to talk to members of our congressional delegation. I think the signals from Washington are that it will be included it's just a matter of which vehicle will be used. 14:34:02 IN SPITE, OF COURSE, OF THE CURRENT FEARS OF INCREASED INDEBTEDNESS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL? THAT BEING SORT OF WHAT'S MOTIVATING THIS. 14:34:08 I think there is consensus among the governors and among the elected representatives that this does make sense to go forward and that's why we're expecting that it will be included in the budget that's voted on today an additional forty-eight million dollars of that money for fiscal year '11. |
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JOINING ME AT THE STATE LIBRARY IN CONCORD ARE: TOM FAHEY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER; KEVIN LANDRIGAN OF THE NASHUA TELEGRAPH; AND JOSH ROGERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO. WELCOME ALL. 1: WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS THE SENSE THAT THIS WAS OVER. DECISIONS HAD BEEN MADE - AND THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE NEEDING HELP - JUST WEREN'T THERE. LITTLE NOTICE AS WELL. 2: THE COURTS LOSE ANOTHER MILLION - WHICH THE HOUSE HAD WANTED TO LEAVE OUT. NOW WE GET THREE MORE FURLOUGH DAYS - IN OCT. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. ALREADY HAD 9. AROUND 2000 WHEN THERE WAS AN IMPEACHMENT OF A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE,THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD ANIMUS HELD BY MANY LEGISLATORS TOWARD THE COURT. YOU DON'T HEAR THAT SO MUCH THESE DAYS - BUT YOU HEARD HOWIE ZIBEL'S TESTIMONY - WHERE DO YOU SEE THE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE COURTS? 3: LET'S LOOK AT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DEAL. BUSINESSES DIDN'T SEE ANY INCREASE IN TAXES. NO CAPITAL GAINS TAX. ONE COMPLAINT - AT THE HEARING - WAS ABOUT USE OF RGGI FUNDS - MARJORIE SMITH SAID THIS IS A CASE OF THE STATE RETRIEVING SOME OF ITS INVESTMENT. A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THAT ALL ALONG. THIS IS CRITICIZED BY THE SIERRA CLUB - BUT THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR - PSNH - WANTS NO PART OF THIS FIGHT. SELL ALLOWANCES. USE PROCEEDS TO FINANCE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. THIS VOTE WAS ACTUALLY HELD THE SAME DAY AS THE LATEST AUCTION - SO ALL THAT MONEY - ABOUT $3 MILLION - IS EXPECTED TO BE USED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. SENATE MINORITY LEADER PETER BRAGDON STATED: "THE BIG SPENDERS IN CONCORD PASSED A PLAN WITH $18 MILLION OF NEW SPENDING, BORROWED $65 MILLION AND RELIED ON $180 MILLION OF ONE-TIME REVENUES AND ACCOUNTING TRICKS." DO I HEAR A CAMPAIGN THEME? ACCORDING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET ASSISTANT, $50 MILLION IN AGENCY SPENDING REDUCTIONS. $44 MILLION COMES FROM DEDICATED FUNDS AND MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS AND ACCOUNTS. THE BILL INCLUDES $187 MILLION IN ONE-TIME MONEY - FEDERAL STIMULUS, REFINANCING DEBT, MONEY FROM THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ONLY $3 MILLION FROM INCREASED TAXES AND FEES NO LLC - TAX LCHIP IS TEETERING ON THE EDGE. ALL IT'S UNCOMMITTED FUNDS - $1.5 MILLION WERE TAKEN - AND HALF ITS DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE - COUNTY DOCUMENT FEES - WILL NOW GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE SENATE DID PASS ANOTHER GAMBLING BILL. THE LATEST ITERATION BY SEN. LOU D'ALLESANDRO. HAD NO CONNECTION WITH THE BALANCING OF THE BUDGET. DO YOU THINK THE CONSTANT CHANGING OF THE EXPANDED GAMBLING PROPOSAL - BIG, SMALLER, UP FOR BIDS, - HURT? I SUPPOSE THE ALLIES KEPT SHIFTING. MORE RETIREMENTS: KATHY SGAMBATI - HAROLD JANEWAY - MARJORIE SMITH BRAGDON GAVE A GRACIOUS SPEECH AND THANKED SEN. LARSEN AFTER THE FINAL VOTE WAS TAKEN. SEN. LETOURNEAU SOUNDED EMOTIONAL |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/11/2010 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 26:30 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. It was a week for making the other person blink as state legislators finally sealed a deal between the house and senate. It was the result of long tough negotiations, and some long-held ambitions being thwarted once again. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\ Manchester, Howard Zibel\General Counsel to Supreme Court, Jennifer Decker\Granite State Independent Living, Rep. William O'Brien\ Mont Vernon, Rep. Daniel Eaton\ Stoddard, John Lynch\ Governor of NH, Josh Rogers\NH Public Radio, Kevin Landrigan\Nashua Telegraph, Tom Fahey\Union Leader |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 6/11/2010 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 26:30 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. It was a week for making the other person blink as state legislators finally sealed a deal between the house and senate. It was the result of long tough negotiations, and some long-held ambitions being thwarted once again. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\ Manchester, Howard Zibel\General Counsel to Supreme Court, Jennifer Decker\Granite State Independent Living, Rep. William O'Brien\ Mont Vernon, Rep. Daniel Eaton\ Stoddard, John Lynch\ Governor of NH, Josh Rogers\NH Public Radio, Kevin Landrigan\Nashua Telegraph, Tom Fahey\Union Leader |