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Hello and welcome. I'm Mike Nikitas from NECN. New England Cable News, guest hosting tonight on NH Outlook. |
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In this edition, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. |
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Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. |
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And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. |
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But first. Southern New England has Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun and pretty soon Northern New England may have an Indian run casino. Mainers go to the polls next Tuesday to decide whether they want casino gambling. The Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation are behind the casino plan. The campaign has been an emotional one. And as our Chip Neal reports, a casino could have a profound social and financial impact not only on Maine, but New Hampshire as well. |
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Track re: This site near the airport in Sanford Maine, less than an hour from the New Hampshire seacoast, is the prime site for the proposed gambling casino. And with the strain on municipal and state government budgets, the proposed gambling revenues and promised jobs are very enticing TV Ad for Casino TV Ad against Casino why they have decided to bring this forward to the people of maine is they have traveled around the country and talked to other Indian tribes who are involved in gaming and found it is the single best tool for economic development for Indian tribes around the country. They simply want to have the same rights that Indian tribes have around the country. They feel this is one of the largest factors for them to become economically self-reliant and retaining their culture and their communities. Track - So the tribes are proposing a 650 million dollar resort casino with a golf course, convention center, theater and retail stores. And as the owners of the resort they expect to get between 50 and 100 million dollars a year in revenue. What the market we're looking for is a tourism market. 85% of the money will come into Maine from out of state. There will be 5000 jobs in the resort alone. And another 5000 jobs statewide. It will be a big commercial consumer in the state. And it will take 2000 jobs to build the commercial resort. So, it will bring much needed jobs and economic development to the state. Beyond that it will become Maine's largest tax payer. 100 million a year in gaming taxes alone. people think ah casino jobs great. But this is a 20 page bill full of all kinds of gifts and goodies that is really going to benefit Las Vegas more that it will Maine. It's the worst idea, at the worst possible time, in the worst location. It's not going to benefit the state the way the other side says it will. Sure there's going to be jobs but with those jobs come high costs. Not only real costs in terms of addiction, corruption, congestion, but also in terms of the costs to Maine to its image its reputation. It won't dissapear overnight but they're planning to spend 30 or 40 million a year promoting this thing outside of Maine and it's only a matter of time that the image of Maine becomes something else then what we are noted for Chip Standup According to the polls the casino petition is a very close vote in Maine right now. Close enough that people in New Hampshire are also wondering how a casino just over the border will affect their lives. Gov. Benson Well anything they do to depending on where it is in maine, they have some impact on portions of NH depending on overflow and people that are gambling in Maine and are spilling over into NH. There may be some adverse crime issues and so on and so forth? but before we jump to any conclusions I have found that we should let the people in Maine speak first and see what happens. Track: But there are folks in NH who don't want to wait. In fact the Portsmouth Chamber of commerce has already come out against a casino in southern Maine. Well one of the reasons why we even wanted to get involved in the issue was early on, probably about three years ago. We realized as this region was growing so quickly we really need to focus our efforts on quality of life. Taking care of peoples lives first, and that we figured would make people successful and want to move here and grow their businesses here. Then the casino issue came up, we started hearing about it in Maine, talking about Kittery right over the border, talking about the casino issue. So we went out and surveyed our membership and we have about a thousand members that we surveyed. And of the respondents, over 70% of our respondents came out and said, no we don't not believe that a casino in this region would be good for economic development, would be good for our lives, would be a healthy prospect. Track - and the Portsmouth Chamber is not the only NH group opposed to the Maine casino. The Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling is a group of organizations from police chiefs to restaurant and lodging associations as well as the current NH attorney general. These promoters are not telling Maine voters that for each dollar that Maine gets from the casino Maine will lose between 2 to 3 dollars in costs for criminal justice, child abuse, suicide, bankruptcy and other forms of white collar crime. And shuttered small businesses. We're right over the border, the casino that they are talking about is about 10 miles over the border. And it is quite unfair what Maine would do if they did this because Maine would export those social and economic costs, they would export that I identified a moment ago. They would export those onto NH and we would get no economic benefit and no way to pay for those costs those criminal costs, those divorce costs, those bankruptcy and the closed businesses. - what would y have to say to NH people who are nervous about this? - This will bring more tourism to our entire region. In Conn. There was a lot of regional tourism folks have co-marketed with the casinos. Sold it as an amenity they have made a lot of money doing that. It's a great opportunity for the tourism around there. It's a great also for the Portsmouth Tolls I imagine. It's a huge opportunity for the whole region to take advantage of these tourists coming into Maine. There no reason why tourism attractions in NH can't take advantage of this. And they definitely should. It would serve NH interests to help us block this thing. Before dominos effect starts. Massachusettes is next state in play.. I think getting a casino in Maine will make the arguments of getting a casino in NH that much stronger. We need to stop it NOW. Track re: as we approach the election the vote is still too close to call. So, people on both sides of the issue, and both sides of the border, will be watching very closely on Nov.4th. This is a tourism state 700 casinos in the nation only 2 in N Eng. Resort casino gambling is most popular form of entertainment in country today. more popular than movies, than music , the sports industry. This is something that Maine should be able to compete in. To bring more revenue to the state. To increase job development… We're in a downturn in the economy right now. They're exploiting that… They are making it sound like the situation is far worse that it really is. It is bad many are out of work But unemployment where this thing will go is well below the national average. The service sector type jobs that they are proposing there are plenty of those. In the summertime employers can't find enough people for these kinds of jobs. We have worker shortages down there for these type of jobs. It's not going to be the solution for southern Maine. Track - Both sides have made their arguments. And ready or not, the voters in Maine have to make up their minds by November 4th. At the site of the proposed casino, Sanford, Maine I'm Chip Neal for NH Outlook. |
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Granite State business leaders are teaming up with Governor Craig Benson to support his 'Technology Promoting Student Excellence' program. The project will provide free laptops to selected New Hampshire schools to help integrate technology with traditional learning. The program is also aimed at reducing student absences, tardiness, and disciplinary cases. Producer Barrett Lester has more. |
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Reporter: A LAPTOP IN THE HANDS OF AT LEAST 600 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7th GRADERS. THAT'S THE PLAN ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNOR CRAIG BENSON IN CONCORD TODAY. I SET A GOAL FOR THIS PROGRAM TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET KIDS SO EXCITED TO COME TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING THEY CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN AND DON'T WANT TO GO HOME AT NIGHT. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Reporter: BASED ON A SIMILAR MAINE PROGRAM THIS 1.3 MILLION DOLLAR EDUCATION INITIATIVE FULLY SPONSORED BY 24 COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, IS AN EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM BY THIS FINE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BEHIND ME. BECAUSE THIS IS UNIQUE. WE DIDN'T ASK FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DO THIS. WE WENT OUT AND ASKED AREA BUSINESSES THAT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF LEARNING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IN WAYS THEY THOUGHT WAS BENEFICIAL TO THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE CORNER STONE OF OUR PHILANTHROPY AT KEYSPAN, AND TO HAVE A GREAT EDUCATED WORK FORCE IS THE BEST THING WE COULD HOPE FOR. AND THIS PROGRAM THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS PUT TOGETHER AND THESE GREAT COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO SPONSOR IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THE STATE IN THAT AREA. CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM WHICH IS AN INDUSTRY INITIATIVE VERY CLOSE TIES TO SCHOOLS, WE THINK THAT THIS FITS VERY NICELY IN WITH THAT STRATEGY. AND CANDIDLY, KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE, WE'RE COMMITTED AS A LOCAL COMPANY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WITH WE'RE JUST PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR IN THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO GET TOGETHER FOR A VERY WORTH WHILE PROJECT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE WORTH WHILE PROJECTS, EDUCATION AT LEAST IN MY MIND CERTAINLY IS HIGH IF NOT NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST N. OUR OPINION EDUCATION IS REALLY THE KEY TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. TO START AT A VERY YOUNG AGE WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS THAT WILL ENHANCE EDUCATION IS SOMETHING WE FELT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Reporter: 20 SCHOOLS WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSALS TO RECEIVE A VIRTUAL FLEET OF WIRELESS LAPTOPS FOR THEIR 7th GRADERS. GIVING PEOPLE TOOLS DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO USE THEM. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS MOTIVATION TO USE THESE TOOLS IN A WAY THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF EVERY STUDENT IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL, AND WE WANTED TO SEE THEIR COMMITMENT RIGHT UP FRONT. I LIKE TO CALL IT SWEAT EQUITY. Reporter: FOUR TECHNOLOGY VENDORS ARE ALSO SUPPLYING THE PROJECT AND ALL WERE ON HAND TO PROMOTE THEIR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS. HAS A HISTORY OF BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT JUST PROVIDING LAPTOPS WASN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO STEP FORWARD AND TO BRING TOGETHER WHAT WE CALL A PROGRAM OF PARTNERS IN LEARNING WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM, WHERE ARE THE GAPS A THAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE SATISFIED AND HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. APPLE COMPUTER TODAY FOR THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS REALLY PROPOSING A FULL SOLUTION. IT MORE THAN A COMPUTER. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN MAINE. SO THAT EVERY DAY A STUDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO LEARN AND WORK WITH HIS OR HER PEERS WORKS THE TEACHER IN ORDER TO EXPAND THEIR JOR ALL HORIZON. Reporter: THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL WORK WITH FIVE SCHOOLS OUT OF 20 PROPOSALS. GOVERNOR BENSON HOPES IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. ASSUMING IT WORKS AND WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED STATISTICS, I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT. Reporter: A DECISION AT FIVE SELECTED SCHOOLS IS EXPECTED ON NOVEMBER 3. IN CONCORD, FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK, I'M BARRETT LESTER. |
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President Bush says a deal on overhauling Medicare is "within reach." The President spoke to supporters at the White House as negotiators for the House and Senate continued trying to reconcile two different bills. The legislation is complex and the political stakes are high. |
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Bush We're meeting at a historical time. The reason why is that after years of debate and deadlock. The congress is on the verge of medicare reform. And that's important. Prescription drug coverage for seniors is in reach. Expanded coverage for preventive medicine and therapy is in our reach. More healthcare coverage for seniors is in our reach. Though a few difficult issues remain the congress has made tremendous progress. And now is the time to finish the work. The congress needs to finalize legislation that brings our seniors the best of modern medicine. And I want to sign the legislation into law before the year is out. |
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One of the provisions of the President's plan is a yearly premium for seniors. That premium would be $35 a month. The president said paying that premium would save hundreds of dollars per year in prescription drug costs. |
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Another point of medicare negotiation between the house and senate -- a co-pay for home care. As Boston University Journalism Intern Jessica Walter reports, home care is one of the few medicare benefits that does not have a co-pay. |
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TRACK 1 AS THE BATTLE WAGES IN CONGRESS OVER MEDICARE LEGISLATION THE HOUSE AND SENATE REMAIN DIVIDED OVER THE NOTION OF A COPAY FOR HOME HEALTH CARE PATIENTS. Jeb Bradley We have to see if the co-pay survives the final bill. It was not in the Senate version. It certainly was one of the sticking points at the House and the Senate version have to be reconciled before something goes to the President. TRACK 2 APPROXIMATELY ----OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVE HOME CARE. …THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE WOMEN WHO LIVE ALONE, MANY OF WHOM SURVIVE ON SMALL, FIXED INCOMES. Thompson I asked a VNA in NH what would happen to their patients and they said that they didn't that 75% of them would be able to afford the co-pay and would likely decline the care if they co-pay was in effect…. TRACK 3 THE HOUSE INCLUDED THE COPAY IN ITS VERSION OF THE MEDICARE BILL WHILE THE SENATE DID NOT. HOME CARE AGENCIES OPPOSE THE COPAY, CALLING IT A SICK TAX…THEY SAY HOME CARE IS ALREADY PRICEY TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE MANY OTHER MEDICAL BILLS DOMBI Well about half of all Medicare home health patients have been in a hospital prior to receiving home health services…. and the deductible is over $800 for those patients. Normally, they might have received thousands of dollars of other health-care services from laboratories, from physicians and the like, so there might be another $200 worth of co-payments for that patient there. TRACK 4 CONGRESS IS PROPOSING A 40 TO 45 DOLLAR COPAY EVERY 2 MONTHS …IT IS ONLY 1.5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF HOME HEALTH CARE.BUT ON TOP OF ALL OTHER MEDICAL COSTS, THE FEES ADD UP. Thompson I'd say it's the poor who aren't the poorest who we're really concerned about. The ones who are like $12,000 incomes and above say to $15-16,000. Those individuals are spending a lot of money on their health care, about 40%. TRACK 5 MOST OF THE SUPPORTERS IN CONGRESS ARE REPUBLICANS, BUT THERE ARE SOME OPPONENTS IN BOTH PARTIES. Jeb Bradley lets face it - home health care has made people's lives better. They have been able to stay home with their loved ones a lot longer. Avoided costly nursing home scenarios so - I - it doesn't make a lot of sense to me and hopefully it will be gone in the final version of the bill. TRACK 6 CONGRESS ELIMINATED THE HOME HEALTH CO-PAY IN 1972 IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF SENIORS LIVING IN NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS. HOME HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS ARE AFRAID THERE WILL BE A SHIFT BACK INTO NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS IF CONGRESS IMPOSES THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Thompson we're already seeing that. In fact, the Medicare payment advisory commission just came out with a report in June that showed that nursing home care was used and is increasing in use and is being used in place of home care in many instances. So we're seeing nursing home admissions actually on the rise and home health admissions actually decreasing. So this will only perpetuate that. TRACK 7 HOME HEALTH CARE IS NOT LIMITED TO THE ELDERLY. PATIENTS WHO NEED HELP WITH SURGICAL WOUNDS, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND DIABETES USUALLY OPT FOR HOME CARE. PEOPLE WITH INCOMES THAT ARE LESS THAN 12 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE CO-PAY BUT THE EXTRA COST COULD PROVE PROHIBITIVE TO THOSE WITH INCOMES OF 12 TO 16 THOUSAND DOLLARS. Thompson It'll make a huge difference. To me, it's the difference between whether they stay at home or go into a nursing home because they're living on the edge as it is. Some of them take their medications every other day instead of every day as prescribed because they are trying to stretch out their medications because they can't pay the prescription cost at the end of the month or at the beginning of the new month. So, a co-pay is just one more thing that would put them over the edge. Reporter: Lawmakers have reached tentative agreements on several key components of the medicare bill. The future of the home care co-pay will not be certain until congress votes on a final bill. |
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The Republican Party celebrated its 150th birthday this month with a party in Exeter. the place where Granite State Republicans insist the party was born. The event attracted hundreds of Republicans "in body".and perhaps a few "in spirit" - such as the late Hugh Gregg, the former New Hampshire governor who championed Exeter as the birthplace of the party. Gregg's passion lives on, but so does the debate over the party's birthplace. Our Celene Ramadan has the story. or at least one side of it. |
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Jayne Millerick - NHGOP Chairman: We have other areas of the country that claim to have the birthplace in their state and we've substantiated that it was Exeter, NH that it was founded 150 years ago when the party of Lincoln and the things they stand for are still the things we stand for today. Narr: That's their story and they're sticking to it. Even though the Republican party names Ripon, WI as the birthplace of the Republican party - you'll hear granite staters defy that claim over and over again. Former Gov. Hugh Gregg, 1995: The Rep. Party was definitely, unequivcably, there's no question about it was founded in New Hampshire on October 12th 1853 at Exeter New Hampshire at what was then Blake's Tavern. Narr: Throughout his life, Gregg championed the cause of making known that Amos Tuck founded the party in New Hampshire. Gregg had been commissioned to write about the founding of the party in the 1970's. In his book, "The Birth of the Republican Party" Gregg substantiates that claim with evidence. Hugh Gregg: At the time people were concerned about slavery. And slavery and abolitionist slavery was a big thing in the north. And that was why people were fed up with the democrats. And that's why New Hampshire was a particularly good incubator for this situation because in New Hampshire at that time the democrats were the strongest party in this state as in any state in the nation. Narr: According to Gregg, in America in the mid-1800's, there were many smaller parties that agreed on one thing - that slavery needed to be abolished. Hugh Gregg: They decided that what they needed to do was to get all these splinter groups - and there were a lot of them. There were the American party, there were the know-nothings - there were the Whigs and the independent democrats they oughtta get them all together, the leaders of those parties, and decide what to do about all these factional groups - which, if organized, would be very strong. So, Tuck who was the real leader of the thing called this meeting at Blake's hotel and he invited 14 leaders from these various groups -the result of the meeting was when it was all over it was agreed among the group that they would drop the appellations that they had for their other groups and call themselves the republican party. And it was the first real meeting to do something to create a party. Narr: So if that's all true - what's all this about Ripon, WI? Hugh Gregg: We can have a little fun with Ripon because they got a lot of little weaknesses in their case. The first one being that the meeting they had in Ripon was in February, 1854 and remember ours was in October 1853 which was five months before. And it was held in a little church it was a small meeting - but it's all recorded. And then the following month, in March they had a larger meeting, but not much larger and instead of a church it was in a school house. Georgi Hippauf, co-author "Birth of the Republican Party": They got a schoolhouse and they grabbed some people off the street and they said "this is the birthplace of the republican party". There is no real history of what happened there. No edict or format or corroboration we don't know who was there. Narr: So, which came first - the "Ripon" or the "Exeter"? Rep. Jeb Bradley, R- District 1: I'm not a historian. I think Governor Gregg, Governor Hugh Gregg has done an excellent job it was part of his life's work and I'm sure that all of the historical research that he did is very accurate. I think New Hampshire takes it's political role in our nation very seriously - the nation's first primary and a lot of the work by governor Hugh Gregg in writing the history of the republican party. It's a sense of pride certainly something that Exeter can be proud of Amos Tuck being somebody from Exeter and having worked so hard having established the republican party. And I think people in New Hampshire are proud of that - that's why it's important. Narr: There are, in fact, many places around the country that claim to be the birthplace of the party. So depending on who you ask - you may get a different story. The one thing that remains is that the principles in which the party was founded are still the unifying principles of the party today - even after 150 years. For New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Celene Ramadan |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. Southern New England has Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun and pretty soon Northern New England may have an Indian run casino. Mainers go to the polls next Tuesday to decide whether they want casino gambling. The Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation are behind the casino plan. The campaign has been an emotional one. And as NH Outlook reported, a casino could have a profound social and financial impact not only on Maine, but New Hampshire as well. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:\Erin Lehane\"Think About It", Dennis Bailey\"Casinos No!", Craig Benson\NH Governor, Peter Hamelin\President, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Jim Rubens\Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling, |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. Southern New England has Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun and pretty soon Northern New England may have an Indian run casino. Mainers go to the polls next Tuesday to decide whether they want casino gambling. The Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation are behind the casino plan. The campaign has been an emotional one. And as NH Outlook reported, a casino could have a profound social and financial impact not only on Maine, but New Hampshire as well. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:\Erin Lehane\"Think About It", Dennis Bailey\"Casinos No!", Craig Benson\NH Governor, Peter Hamelin\President, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Jim Rubens\Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. Southern New England has Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun and pretty soon Northern New England may have an Indian run casino. Mainers go to the polls next Tuesday to decide whether they want casino gambling. The Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation are behind the casino plan. The campaign has been an emotional one. And as NH Outlook reported, a casino could have a profound social and financial impact not only on Maine, but New Hampshire as well. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:\Erin Lehane\"Think About It", Dennis Bailey\"Casinos No!", Craig Benson\NH Governor, Peter Hamelin\President, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Jim Rubens\Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling, |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:4:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. Granite State business leaders are teaming up with Governor Craig Benson to support his 'Technology Promoting Student Excellence' program. The project will provide free laptops to selected New Hampshire schools to help integrate technology with traditional learning. The program is also aimed at reducing student absences, tardiness, and disciplinary cases. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Barrett Lester NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Craig Benson\NH Governor, Nickolas Stavropoulos\Keyspan, Kevin Casey\Comcast, Thomas Metzger\Citizens Bank, Timothy Magner\Microsoft, Douglas Eicher\Apple, |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:4:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. Granite State business leaders are teaming up with Governor Craig Benson to support his 'Technology Promoting Student Excellence' program. The project will provide free laptops to selected New Hampshire schools to help integrate technology with traditional learning. The program is also aimed at reducing student absences, tardiness, and disciplinary cases. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Barrett Lester NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Craig Benson\NH Governor, Nickolas Stavropoulos\Keyspan, Kevin Casey\Comcast, Thomas Metzger\Citizens Bank, Timothy Magner\Microsoft, Douglas Eicher\Apple |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length: 5:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. President Bush says a deal on overhauling Medicare is "within reach." The President spoke to supporters at the White House as negotiators for the House and Senate continued trying to reconcile two different bills. The legislation is complex and the political stakes are high. One of the provisions of the President's plan is a yearly premium for seniors. That premium would be $35 a month. The president said paying that premium would save hundreds of dollars per year in prescription drug costs. Another point of medicare negotiation between the house and senate -- a co-pay for home care. As NH Outlook reported, home care is one of the few medicare benefits that does not have a co-pay. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Jessica Walter NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: George W. Bush, Rep. Jeb Bradley\R - District 2, Kathy Thompson\Visiting Nurse Association, William Dombi\National Assoc for Home Care & Hospice |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:10:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. President Bush says a deal on overhauling Medicare is "within reach." The President spoke to supporters at the White House as negotiators for the House and Senate continued trying to reconcile two different bills. The legislation is complex and the political stakes are high. One of the provisions of the President's plan is a yearly premium for seniors. That premium would be $35 a month. The president said paying that premium would save hundreds of dollars per year in prescription drug costs. Another point of medicare negotiation between the house and senate -- a co-pay for home care. As NH Outlook reported, home care is one of the few medicare benefits that does not have a co-pay. The Republican Party celebrated its 150th birthday this month with a party in Exeter. the place where Granite State Republicans insist the party was born. The event attracted hundreds of Republicans "in body".and perhaps a few "in spirit" - such as the late Hugh Gregg, the former New Hampshire governor who championed Exeter as the birthplace of the party. Gregg's passion lives on, but so does the debate over the party's birthplace. PRODUCER/REPORTER:Jessica Walter, Celene Ramadan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: George W. Bush, Rep. Jeb Bradley\R - District 2, Kathy Thompson\Visiting Nurse Association, William Dombi\National Assoc for Home Care & Hospice, Jayne Millerick\NH GOP Chairman, Hugh Gregg\Former NH Governor, Georgi Hippauf\Co-author, "Birth of the Republican Party", Rep. Jeb Bradley\R - District 1 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/03 22:00 HOST: Mike Nikitas Length:5:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the Maine Casino Vote. We'll look at the debate next door and see what impact it could have here in the Granite State. Plus, we'll learn about Governor Craig Benson's new laptop initiative for the schools. And later, 150 years ago this month, the Republican party was born in Exeter. or was it? We'll hear from the party faithful. The Republican Party celebrated its 150th birthday this month with a party in Exeter. the place where Granite State Republicans insist the party was born. The event attracted hundreds of Republicans "in body".and perhaps a few "in spirit" - such as the late Hugh Gregg, the former New Hampshire governor who championed Exeter as the birthplace of the party. Gregg's passion lives on, but so does the debate over the party's birthplace. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Celene Ramadan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jayne Millerick\NH GOP Chairman, Hugh Gregg\Former NH Governor, Georgi Hippauf\Co-author, "Birth of the Republican Party", Rep. Jeb Bradley\R - District 1 |
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