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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. The House is poised for a Budget Vote -- Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. Here to talk about all this and more: Kevin Landrigan from the Telegraph and Colin Manning from Foster's Daily Democrat in Concord. And, here in Durham -- James Pindell of PoliticsNH.com and Mike Pomp, News Director and TalkShow Host at of WTSN-1270. Welcome everyone. |
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We Begin with the Budget. The House finance committee approved a 9-billion dollar spending plan this week. 2-point-7 billion of that figure-- would come from state taxes. That's 4-PERCENT more than the current 2-year budget. The Governor has proposed spending 8-PERCENT more. Next Week -- the house VOTES on the budget, as well as a school funding plan and a proposed 28-cent hike in the cigarette tax. Q KEVIN/COLIN: Lawmakers get BRIEFED on the plan Monday and Tuesday -- What happens after that? Q We keep hearing the budget FIGHT is far from over. Democrats want 24-million from Gov's budget RESTORED for social services and L-CHIP. Q I understand The House is looking at HIKING traffic fines to COVER the budget. But, HEY -- you take solace in knowing that you would be helping to balance the budget ** How much are they expected to RAISE |
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The Cigarette Tax will come up for a vote FIRST in the House -- since it will impact the numbers. This week, the house TAX committe voted to RAISE the cigarette tax by 28 cents. That would hike the current tax of 52-cents a pack up to 80-cents. The money would be used to pay for SCHOOL AID. Q House Speaker Doug Scammon -- reversed his position -- and BACKED the tax increase -- to help fund changes to the school aid system. Will his support be CRUCIAL in getting this thru the house? Q Still an UPHILL battle in the Senate, where President Tom Eaton ---OPPOSES the hike. |
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The House Fnance committee also approved a School Funding Plan which Eliminates the statewide property tax and targets aid. The approval came the same week the Governor swore in the state's new Education Commissioner. The Executive Council unanimously approved Lionel Tracy's nomination last month. Tracy was the first major appointment of the Lynch administration. Lynch wants Tracy to focus on a number of areas, including reducing the high school drop-out rate and making the federal No Child Left Behind law work better for New Hampshire schools. Q JAMES: Not much is known about Mr Tracy. What can you tell us about him? Any sense as to what we might expect to see from him? Q MIKE: He's a better known fixture on the Seacoast -- we saw a lot of superintendent from the region at his swearing in. Q KEVIN/COLIN: As Education Commissioner, does Lionel Tracy have Any INPUT on school funding issues? Q COLIN/ KEVIN: The House votes on the SPENDING Plan -- next week. What are the KEY elements in that plan --and is that expected to sail through or can we expect a fight over this one? Q What's NEXT after the HOUSE vote. |
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John Lynch may still be getting his feet wet -- but that doesn't mean potential rivals aren't assessing the landscape. Interestingly enough, Bruce Keough has been making the rounds of late. A number of Republicans hope he'll carry the torch against Governor John Lynch next year. Keough -- who lost to Benson in the 2002 Gubernatorial primary -- is back on the speaking circuit these days. Q JAMES: Little EARLY for a committment from Keough on whether he'll run?? ** Would you say he's got about a YEAR to assess whether Lynch is vulnerable But he is becoming a little more HIGH PROFILE these days. Q KEVIN/COLIN: Senate President Tom EATON -- has been a KEOUGH supporter. Could that be a FACTOR in his fighting the tobacco tax, proposed by Lynch. Q Keough is viewed as an."OUTSIDE-the-State House" spokesman -- Is that a GOOD thing? Q Is there a LOT of support out there for Keough? |
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It's never too early to talk Presidential Politics -- after all this is NH. Toes are being dipped into the political waters -- some familiar, and not so familiar faces are being spotted in NH. A Kansas Republican, who's weighing a presidential bid, will be in the granite state this weekend. Q JAMES: He's NOT exactly a HOUSEHOLD NAME. Q What's this I hear about NEWT GINGRICH coming to town? Q Democratic Congressman Barney Frank be in NH later this month? Q Some Democrats would love to see Hilary Rodham Clinton run. A new Poll out indicates: a slim majority of New York Voters believe she should STAY OUT of the 2008 presidential race. ** 51% say former NY City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani SHOULD run. |
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The List of Military Base Closures is out in 4 weeks --and there's still a lot of concern that the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be on it. This week, Governor Lynch urged lawmakers to help protect the Shipyard from closure. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide 100-thousand dollars to the Seacoast Shipyard Association for lobbying efforts in Washington, legal fees and promotional efforts to save the facility. Q KEVIN/COLIN: Where do things stand at the State House on this one? ** On Tuesday, the committee passed the bill with an amendment that gives $40,000 up front, with $60,000 to follow if the shipyard makes the list. goes to full SENATE next week. Q MIKE: With Time running out -- The lobbying is getting fierce and furious. Letter WRITING campaign -- last week. What's been the sense out there as to the vulnerability of the yard. The Governor says yard is Essential to the state economy. The list comes out May 16th. Final recommendations go to the President in September. |
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No relief in sight for New Hampshire drivers when it comes to gas prices. The Lundberg survey found the average retail price for all three grades of gas is two-dollars-32-cents nationwide. Prices in New Hampshire are a little lower than that but still high. Q MIKE: What are you hearing from folks? Q MIKE: You hear about the rush to buy hybrid vehicles -- are people on the Seacoast indicating they are looking at that option? Q Everyone feeling sticker shock |
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Can't end the show without a mention of the big Sports News this week -- the Red Sox Home Opener. The team's return to Fenway Park brought a celebration to mark their first World Series title since 19-18. Before the game against the rival New York Yankess the team received their championship rings. Here's Sox manager Terry Francona congratualting pitcher Curt Schilling after the ring ceremony. And, Manny Ramirez was all too happy to show off his ring. Q MIKE: What do you have to say about all this. Will this be the Yankees YEAR?? A-ROD has often been BOED by sox fans in Boston. Did his heroic actions make a difference. Yankees players say No. Q JAMES: any PREDICTIONS on this year? Q COLIN/KEVIN: Just how long will Sox fans have to wait for the Next World Series title? Fans waited Generations -- for this title. PREDICTIONS for this year???? ** The season is Young: Boston's 8-5 victory Thursday night -- a good omen? |
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My thanks to Kevin Landrigan and Colin Manning in Concord. and, James Pindell and Mike Pomp in Durham. and, Thank you for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. We'll see you next time. |
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House tax writing committee votes to increase traffic fines nmlavbsthos CONCORD, N.H. - Parents who fail to buckle in their children in their cars could join smokers in helping balance New Hampshire's state budget. The House Ways and Means Committee voted today to raise various court fines to raise money for state spending. The committee delayed until tomorrow afternoon a vote on a proposed 28-cent increase in the cigarette tax to pay for school aid. Governo John Lynch and House Speaker Douglas Scamman support the cigarette tax increase. Senate President Tom Eaton opposes it. Examples of proposed increases, including a 20 percent penalty surcharge, are: - 50 dollars for violating the child seat belt law on the first offense -- a 20-dollar increase. The fine would double for a second offense. - sixty-five dollars instead of 43 dollars for driving one to five miles per hour above the speed limit posted at 65 miles per hour. Driving 21-to-25 miles per hour above the limit would cost 300 dollars instead of 216 dollars. AP-NY-04-12-05 1722EDT CONCORD, N.H. - Parents who fail to buckle in their children in their cars could join smokers in helping balance New Hampshire's state budget. The House Ways and Means Committee voted today to raise various court fines to raise money for state spending. The committee delayed until tomorrow afternoon a vote on a proposed 28-cent increase in the cigarette tax to pay for school aid. Governo John Lynch and House Speaker Douglas Scamman support the cigarette tax increase. Senate President Tom Eaton opposes it. Examples of proposed increases, including a 20 percent penalty surcharge, are: - 50 dollars for violating the child seat belt law on the first offense -- a 20-dollar increase. The fine would double for a second offense. - sixty-five dollars instead of 43 dollars for driving one to five miles per hour above the speed limit posted at 65 miles per hour. Driving 21-to-25 miles per hour above the limit would cost 300 dollars instead of 216 dollars. nmlavbsthosfls CONCORD, N.H. - The House's budget committee finished its work today on almost a nine billion dollar spending plan for the next two years. The committee will brief the House on Monday and Tuesday. The House votes on the budget Wednesday as well as on a school funding plan and a proposed 28-cent hike in the cigarette tax. The budget would spend almost nine billion dollars in state, federal and other revenues. Of that, two-point-seven billion dollars would come from state taxes -- about four percent more than the current two-year budget. Lynch had proposed spending eight percent more. The fighting over spending in the plan is far from over. Key committee Democrats and Republicans plan to ask the House on Wednesday to restore 24 million dollars cut from Lynch's budget. The money would pay for services to the mentally ill and disabled, protect land and historic places, the university system and eliminate an increase in county property taxpayers' share of assistance to the elderly and disabled who don't qualify for Medicaid. AP-NY-04-14-05 1527EDT avbfl CONCORD, N.H. - House budget writers have restored some -- but not all -- the spending they had cut from programs affecting New Hampshire's poorest citizens. The House Finance Committee today plans to go hat in hand to the companion Ways and Means Committee to ask for tax increases to pay for the spending, then give the budget a final once-over later in the week. The Finance Committee -- which is assembling the budget and a school aid plan -- spent roughly 20 million dollars more than the state expects to get in taxes between now and the end of the new two-year budget in mid-2007. The committee also is counting on its ways and means colleagues to support a 28-cent cigarette tax hike it needs just to pay for a school aid plan. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook: A slice of New Orleans in the Granite state. We'll introduce you to a local woman who has combined art and cooking cajun style. That's Monday at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. ==================================== Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: A slice of New Orleans in the Granite state. We'll introduce you to a local woman who has combined art and cooking cajun style. That's tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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Has to assess whether LYNCH is vulnerable -- and if a challenge is worth the huge investment. Now, Bruce Keough is back on the speaking circuit. Keough, who many Republicans hope will carry the torch against Gov. John Lynch next year, will join U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass and state party chairman Warren Henderson in speaking to the New Hampshire College Republicans' state convention Saturday at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College. Keough will address the Wakefield Republican Committee on Tuesday. Expect Keough to present broad themes to the college crowd, then focus more on State House issues with the town committee. It's far too early for Keough to make a commitment about next year. Earlier this year, some top Republicans believed he was coming on too strong too soon with anti-Lynch rhetoric. But when he backed off, some of the same folks wondered where he was hiding. If these public appearances signal a higher profile for Keough, it will provide the party with an outside-the-State House spokesman and a possible rallying point. Goodness knows there are none inside the State House. Keough knows he need not commit to a run for about a year. Lynch jumped into his race in May 2004, and look where he is today. Next spring, Keough will be able to assess whether Lynch is vulnerable and if a challenge is worth the necessary huge investment in dollars and political capital. For now, Keough's assessment is that Lynch "is missing in action on a lot of important issues," such as the recently defeated gambling bill. He said Lynch "is in a state of denial over what the real choices are on education funding." Keough said the choices are keeping a uniform-rate tax or promoting and passing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Claremont II decision. "The governor's insistence that we can invent a new plan that results in dramatically different tax rates across the state without a constitutional amendment is a false choice," Keough said. Keough's criticism made no detectable waves in the corner office. "The governor is focused on working with Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature to pass a lasting solution to school funding that makes sense," said communications director Pam Walsh. =================== WASHINGTON - A Kansas Republican U-S senator who's been weighing a presidential bid in 2008 visits a socially conservative group this weekend in New Hampshire. Senator Sam Brownback has said he's not yet made a decision to run for president but he will attend a breakfast of the conservative think tank Cornerstone Policy Research. He is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at an award ceremony in Manchester tomorrow honoring lawmakers the group supports. Mass Rep. Barney Frank to speak at county Dem dinner. U.S. Rep. Barney Frank will be the keynote speaker at the Rockingham County Democratic Party Clambake later this month. The clambake will be held April 30 at the Portsmouth Elks Club. q Meantime, 51 percent of New York voters who were polled say former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani should run for president in 2008. A lot of people think Hillary Clinton would be the ndidate to beat -- but, Q U.S. Rep. Barney Frank will be the keynote speaker at the Rockingham County Democratic Party Clambake later this month. The clambake will be held April 30 at the Portsmouth Elks Club. HILLARY CLINTON Poll: New Yorkers not sure Clinton should run for president ALBANY, N.Y. - A poll of New York state residents indicates that a slim majority thinks Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton should stay out of the 2008 presidential race. A Marist College poll released today shows that 51 percent of voters surveyed in New York state don't want the Democrat to run for president, while 44 percent do. Meantime, 51 percent of New York voters who were polled say former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani should run for president in 2008. When it comes to Senator Clinton's bid for re-election next year, 51 percent say they definitely plan to vote for her while 31 percent say they won't. In head-to-head Senate matchups, Clinton leads a host of potential rivals by almost two-to-one margins or better, including Governor George Pataki. But if Giuliani were to be her opponent, he'd have the edge -- 49 percent to 47 percent. |
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4/14 BANKRUPTCY avbap WASHINGTON - New Hampshire's members of the House went along with the G-O-P party-line vote in giving final congressional approval to a bill to make it much harder to file for bankruptcy. Charles Bass and Jeb Bradley were on the winning side yesterday in the 302-to-126 vote. The bill would force people who want to wipe out their debts to work out repayment plans. Banks and credit-card companies have been pushing for the bill for years. It is the second major change in law to benefit business since Republicans increased their congressional majorities in last fall's elections. Supporters argued that bankruptcy frequently is the last refuge of gamblers, people who've gone on spending sprees and fathers avoiding child support. Democrats argued the bill is anti-consumer, and will hurt those who've lost their jobs or have big medical bills. UPDATE: House approves bankruptcy bill CAPITOL HILL - The House has easily given final congressional approval to a bill that will make it much harder to file for bankruptcy to avoid paying debts. The vote was 302-to-126. The bill now goes to President Bush, who is eager to sign it. The bill would force thousands of people who want to wipe out their debts to instead work out repayment plans. Banks and credit-card companies have been pushing for the bill for eight years. It is the second major change in law to benefit business since Republicans increased their congressional majorities in last fall's elections. Supporters argued that bankruptcy frequently is the last refuge of gamblers, people who've gone on spending sprees and fathers who are avoiding child support. Democrats argued the bill is anti-consumer, and will hurt those who've lost their jobs or have big medical bills. |
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CONCORD - lawmakers have a new school funding plan to consider today. The House budget committee approved a plan that means no school district would lose more than ten percent of its state aid and no school would gain more than ten percent in any one year. Lawmakers want to send more money to schools with the greatest needs. But many lawmakers also want to avoid a large drop in aid where schools have come to rely on state grants. This proposal distributes about 460 million dollars. Some of that money would be given to towns with smaller tax bases. Some would be given out as transition grants to towns that will lose state aid over time. The rest -- about 289 million -- would be doled out under a formula developed by Governor John Lynch. That formula targets aid to schools based on factors such as median income, number of poor students, test scores and graduation rates. The school funding plan will be considered by the full House next week. AP-NY-04-14-05 1447EDT |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. Here to talk about all this and more: Kevin Landrigan from the Telegraph and Colin Manning from Foster's Daily Democrat in Concord. And, here in Durham James Pindell PoliticsNH.com and Mike Pomp, News Director and TalkShow Host at of WTSN-1270. We Begin with the Budget. The House finance committee approved a 9-billion dollar spending plan this week. 2 point 7 billion of that figure would come from state taxes. That's 4% more than the current 2-year budget. The Governor has proposed spending 8% more. Next Week the house votes on the budget, as well as a school funding plan and a proposed 28-cent hike in the cigarette tax. The Cigarette Tax will come up for a vote first in the House since it will impact the numbers. This week, the house TAX committe voted to RAISE the cigarette tax by 28 cents. That would hike the current tax of 52 cents a pack up to 80 cents. The money would be used to pay for school aid. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. Here to talk about all this and more: Kevin Landrigan from the Telegraph and Colin Manning from Foster's Daily Democrat in Concord. And, here in Durham James Pindell PoliticsNH.com and Mike Pomp, News Director and TalkShow Host at of WTSN-1270. We Begin with the Budget. The House finance committee approved a 9-billion dollar spending plan this week. 2 point 7 billion of that figure would come from state taxes. That's 4% more than the current 2-year budget. The Governor has proposed spending 8% more. Next Week the house votes on the budget, as well as a school funding plan and a proposed 28-cent hike in the cigarette tax. The Cigarette Tax will come up for a vote first in the House since it will impact the numbers. This week, the house TAX committe voted to RAISE the cigarette tax by 28 cents. That would hike the current tax of 52 cents a pack up to 80 cents. The money would be used to pay for school aid. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. Here to talk about all this and more: The House Fnance committee also approved a School Funding Plan which Eliminates the statewide property tax and targets aid. The approval came the same week the Governor swore in the state's new Education Commissioner. The Executive Council unanimously approved Lionel Tracy's nomination last month. Tracy was the first major appointment of the Lynch administration. Lynch wants Tracy to focus on a number of areas, including reducing the high school drop-out rate and making the federal No Child Left Behind law work better for New Hampshire schools. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM, Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire Lionel Tracy\Education Commissioner |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. Here to talk about all this and more: The House Fnance committee also approved a School Funding Plan which Eliminates the statewide property tax and targets aid. The approval came the same week the Governor swore in the state's new Education Commissioner. The Executive Council unanimously approved Lionel Tracy's nomination last month. Tracy was the first major appointment of the Lynch administration. Lynch wants Tracy to focus on a number of areas, including reducing the high school drop-out rate and making the federal No Child Left Behind law work better for New Hampshire schools. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM, Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire Lionel Tracy\Education Commissioner |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. This week, Governor Lynch urged lawmakers to help protect the Shipyard from closure. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide 100-thousand dollars to the Seacoast Shipyard Association for lobbying efforts in Washington, legal fees and promotional efforts to save the facility. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM, |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. This week, Governor Lynch urged lawmakers to help protect the Shipyard from closure. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide 100-thousand dollars to the Seacoast Shipyard Association for lobbying efforts in Washington, legal fees and promotional efforts to save the facility. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM, |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Renewed calls to Save the Shipyard as a deadline nears, and musings about the 2008 Vote. This week, Governor Lynch urged lawmakers to help protect the Shipyard from closure. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide 100-thousand dollars to the Seacoast Shipyard Association for lobbying efforts in Washington, legal fees and promotional efforts to save the facility. No relief in sight for New Hampshire drivers when it comes to gas prices. The Lundberg survey found the average retail price for all three grades of gas two dollars 32 cents nationwide. Prices in New Hampshire are a little lower than that but still high. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM, |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 04/15/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook.The House is poised for a Budget Vote Cigarette Taxes gain Momentum. Can't end the show without a mention of the big Sports News this week the Red Sox Home Opener. The team's return to Fenway Park brought a celebration to mark their first World Series title since 1918. Before the game against the rival New York Yankess the team received their championship rings. Here's Sox manager Terry Francona congratualting pitcher Curt Schilling after the ring ceremony. And, Manny Ramirez was all too happy to show off his ring. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN 1270AM, |
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-XX Updates with committee vote XX CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch urged lawmakers this morning to help protect the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from closure. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has until May 16th to produce a list of military bases the Pentagon wants to close. A commission will then review the list before making final recommendations to President Bush in September. Lynch says the Portsmouth shipyard is not only essential to the nation's defense but to the state's economy. He spoke in support of a bill today that would provide 100-thousand dollars to the Seacoast Shipyard Association for lobbying efforts in Washington, legal fees and promotional efforts to save the facility. But the Senate Finance Committee only would support giving the group 40-thousand now and the rest if the shipyard is on next month's list. The bill now goes to the full Senate. hmrstflstjm CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch urged lawmakers this morning to help protect the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from closure. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has until May 16th to produce a list of military bases the Pentagon wants to close. A commission will then review the list before making final recommendations to President Bush in September. Lynch says the Portsmouth shipyard is not only essential to the nation's defense but to the state's economy. He spoke in support of a bill today that would provide 100-thousand dollars to the Seacoast Shipyard Association for lobbying efforts in Washington, legal fees and promotional efforts to save the facility. The association's recent activities include a letter writing campaign in support of the shipyard. This afternoon, members of the Maine and New Hampshire congressional delegations will receive the thousands of letters and deliver them to the Pentagon. |
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BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox made their fans wait 86 years for another World Series title and only gave them five months to celebrate. The champions return to Boston today for a combined celebration to mark their first title since 1918, their home opener and a game against the rival New York Yankees - any one of which would be enough for a sellout at Fenway Park. It's also the first game back for manager Terry Francona, who left the team after complaining of chest pains before the third game of the season. A ring ceremony and banner-raising will precede the game, and a special anthem called "This is for Teddy Ballgame" was composed by "Talkin' Baseball" songwriter Terry Cashman. |
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Friday, April 15, 2005: We started around 2:20pm. We finished by 2:45pm. We were delayed taping the promo a bit as we looked for a picture in the deko to use during the promo. We finished just before 3pm. Director's Log: We had Stephanie was in audio instead of Adam or Carl. She did a great job. And Russ was our EIC. It all looked good. The only thing I did notice technically speaking, was that the line monitor is darker than the off-air monitor. And I am unsure which one is correct. I will have John collaborate the monitors when he gets a chance. All else went well. |