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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: To light up or not! The smoking ban issue heats up in the state Senate. |
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Also ahead, tax day is looming. Some advice -- if you haven't filed your returns yet. Then later: |
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Water on one of Saturn's moons, close-up images from the Mars Orbiter, and more. in this month's NH Skies. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Debate over legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and bars in New Hampshire takes center stage at the State House this week. The Senate is expected to take up House Bill 11-77 on Thursday. Last month it passed the House after lengthy debate. As for the Senate, political observers say the vote is too close to call. Some say it's time to protect the health of hospitality workers and patrons. Others liken the law to government meddling in private affairs. Outlook's Phil Vaughn reports. |
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We first spoke to McCoole in 2001. She is still cancer free and continues to support "choice" on the issue. Last week, the Senate Finance committee came to a tie vote after reviewing the Legislation, so will recommend the Senate reject the ban. |
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Filing your Income Tax Return. It's a tradition -- few of us enjoy. More and more of us prefer to pay someone else to do our taxes. Less than half.fill out the forms themselves. Increasingly -- the home computer is replacing the paper tax form. Electronic-filing is quickly becoming the avenue of choice for taxpayers. According to the Internal Revenue Service, as of early March, 71-percent of NH's total returns were e-filed. The IRS Commissioner says Individual taxpayers and tax professionals are turning to E-filing because its fast and accurate. Here with some tips on Filing your taxes Peggy Riley, a Media Relations Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service. Q PEGGY: e-FILING clearly on the rise. Are those FILING, generally those with few itemized deductions, Short-forms?? Q The IRS is really pushing e-filing --they're working toward a goal of 80 percent e-filing in 2007? WHY? Q The IRS is offering some taxpayers the opportunity to prepare and e-file their returns FREE. Who is Eligible? Q Before using any WEB service -- should you Check its PRIVACY and SECURITY policies to see who well company plans to protect your info? Q The IRS has done away with its TeleFile program -- which let taxpayers with less complicated returns file over the phone? It's GONE. WHY??? Q What's the AVERAGE amount of time TAXPAYERS use to complete tax forms??? Why so long -- why so complicated???? ** doesn't include preparing state and city tax returns Q This year -- we get a few extra days to file. April 18th. Q The IRS Taxpayer Assistance Hotline. and centers to help you solve tax problems. ** special help for the elderly?? Q Are their new changes to tax law -- we should be aware of??? ** increased mileage deduction rates. ** I read something about changes involving a new tax definition of a child? Q There's been a change for those filing for EXTENSIONS? Now, only apply for extension once? BETH: NOW, those filing for extensions don't have to worry about their 1040's until Oct 16th. It buys you more time to file -- but, if you owe Uncle Sam Money -- you still have to come up with the cash by filing date -- or face penalties and interest. PEGGY RILEY: THANKS for helping to make the tax season -- a little less taxing. =============== Q Increased IRA contribution amounts? Q NO matter who prepares your return -- you are legally responsible for paying the taxes you owe. What's the most important thing -- taxpayers need to keep in mind? |
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Finally, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter are the stars of this month's New Hampshire Skies Outlook's Chip Neal got the scoop on the planets from John Gianforte -- an astronomy instructor with Granite State College and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. They met at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord. |
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To read more on astronomy -- you can look for John Gianforte's monthly column in Foster's Daily Democrat called "Scanning the Heavens." It runs the first Tuesday of the month. |
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If you want to learn more about any of the segments in our show -- including astronomy and information on filing your tax returns you can check out our website NHPTV.org/Outlook. There you will also find NH Outlook available online on-demand. |
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That concludes this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/3/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 10:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: To light up or not! The smoking ban issue heats up in the state Senate. Also ahead, tax day is looming. Some advice if you haven't filed your returns yet. Then later: Water on one of Saturn's moons, close-up images from the Mars Orbiter, and more in this month's NH Skies. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Debate over legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and bars in New Hampshire takes center stage at the State House this week. The Senate is expected to take up House Bill 11-77 on Thursday. Last month it passed the House after lengthy debate. As for the Senate, political observers say the vote is too close to call. Some say it's time to protect the health of hospitality workers and patrons. Others liken the law to government meddling in private affairs. Outlook's Phil Vaughn reports. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Michele McCoole\Cancer Patient\2001, Rep. Sheila Francouer\ Hampton, Rep. Kenneth Weyler\ Kingston, Rep. Randolph Holden\ Goffstown, Brian Kelley\Co-Owner, Kelley's Row, Courtney Otto\Bill Supporter, Carol McQuire\NH Liberty Alliance, Bill Opponent, Sen. Bob Clegg\Senate Majority Leader, Scott Mason\Owner, Barley Pub |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/3/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 10:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: To light up or not! The smoking ban issue heats up in the state Senate. Also ahead, tax day is looming. Some advice if you haven't filed your returns yet. Then later: Water on one of Saturn's moons, close-up images from the Mars Orbiter, and more in this month's NH Skies. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Debate over legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and bars in New Hampshire takes center stage at the State House this week. The Senate is expected to take up House Bill 11-77 on Thursday. Last month it passed the House after lengthy debate. As for the Senate, political observers say the vote is too close to call. Some say it's time to protect the health of hospitality workers and patrons. Others liken the law to government meddling in private affairs. Outlook's Phil Vaughn reports. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Michele McCoole\Cancer Patient\2001, Rep. Sheila Francouer\ Hampton, Rep. Kenneth Weyler\ Kingston, Rep. Randolph Holden\ Goffstown, Brian Kelley\Co-Owner, Kelley's Row, Courtney Otto\Bill Supporter, Carol McQuire\NH Liberty Alliance, Bill Opponent, Sen. Bob Clegg\Senate Majority Leader, Scott Mason\Owner, Barley Pub |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/3/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 8:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: To light up or not! The smoking ban issue heats up in the state Senate. Also ahead, tax day is looming. Some advice if you haven't filed your returns yet. Then later: Water on one of Saturn's moons, close-up images from the Mars Orbiter, and more in this month's NH Skies. Filing your Income Tax Return. It's a tradition few of us enjoy. More and more of us prefer to pay someone else to do our taxes. Less than half fill out the forms themselves. Increasingly the home computer is replacing the paper tax form. Electronic-filing is quickly becoming the avenue of choice for taxpayers. According to the Internal Revenue Service, as of early March, 71-percent of NH's total returns were e-filed. The IRS Commissioner says Individual taxpayers and tax professionals are turning to E-filing because its fast and accurate. Here with some tips on Filing your taxes, e-mail or snail mail, Peggy Riley, a Media Relations Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Peggy Riley\IRS Media Relations Specialist |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/3/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:45 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: To light up or not! The smoking ban issue heats up in the state Senate. Also ahead, tax day is looming. Some advice if you haven't filed your returns yet. Then later: Water on one of Saturn's moons, close-up images from the Mars Orbiter, and more in this month's NH Skies. Finally, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter are the stars of this month's New Hampshire Skies. Outlook's Chip Neal got the scoop on the planets from John Gianforte, an astronomy instructor with Granite State College and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. They met at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: John Gianforte\Astronomy Instructor |
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GET A WHOLE NEW OUTLOOK WEEKNIGHTS @ 7:30 P.M. April 3 - April 7, 2006 www.nhptv.org/outlook MONDAY, APRIL 3 SMOKING BAN This week, the State Senate votes on one of the most controversial bills of the session. HB 1177 would ban smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. NH Outlook's Phil Vaughn covers the story. www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2006/HB1177.html TAX TIPS Tax day is looming. Have you filed your income tax returns yet? Peggy Riley, a spokesperson for the IRS, gives NH Outlook host Beth Carroll tips and advice. Find out how to file online and why this year we have three extra days to get our returns in. www.irs.gov NH SKIES WITH JOHN GIANFORTE Amateur astronomer John Gianforte tells us what to look for in our April skies. NH Outlook's Chip Neal finds out about the best time to view the Lyrid meteor shower, how to find Jupiter's "red junior," and the big discovery on one of Saturn's moons. http:/www.physics.unh.edu/observatory/outlook.html TUESDAY, APRIL 4 UNH AUTHORS' SERIES: POET CHARLES SIMIC Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic talks one-on-one with Yankee humorist, book reviewer and author Rebecca Rule. Simic has been a professor of English at UNH for more than 30 years. He's published more than 60 books, including "Charon's Cosmology," which was nominated for a National Book Award, and "The World Doesn't End: Prose Poems," which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He's also received a MacArthur Fellowship, the American Academy of Poets Edgar Allen Poe Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2003 he was awarded the international Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry. www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/27 http:/www.library.unh.edu/friends/calendar.htm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 NH POET LAUREATE NH Poet Laureate: Patricia Fargnoli The Governor and Executive Council appointed a new poet laureate, Patricia Fargnoli, a poetry instructor and the author of three poetry books. The job comes with no pay and the appointment lasts for five years. So why do it? Well, they're poets. As Ezra Pound said, "Writing poetry is like dropping a feather into the Grand Canyon and waiting for the splash." NH Outlook's Chip Neal spoke with New Hampshire's newest poet laureate at her town library. http:/www.patriciafargnoli.com/ UNH Jazz CD In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the University of New Hampshire is offering New Orleans a helping hand. Since the late 70s, UNH has hosted many jazz legends as part of its Traditional Jazz Concert Series. The UNH Library has released a CD with songs from the concert series. Proceeds support efforts to rebuild the jazz community in New Orleans. Bill Ross-the head of the Milne Special Collections and Archives at the UNH Dimond Library where the jazz music is stored-helped make it all happen. http:/www.library.unh.edu/news/newOrleans/ THURSDAY, APRIL 6 BEHIND FRONTLINE: A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID FANNING For more than 23 years, the investigative journalism series Frontline has tackled some of the toughest issues facing the world today. Executive Producer David Fanning talks about the award-winning series with NH Outlook host Beth Carroll and answers questions from students and the community during a discussion at the University of New Hampshire Manchester. http:/www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ FRIDAY, APRIL 7 FRIDAY JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE Journalists from around the state discuss the week's top stories. Guests: TBA NH Outlook is dedicated to statewide coverage of the people, places, politics, communities and culture that make the Granite State unique. 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