The USDA is making disaster loans available for farmers in all of New Hampshire’s 10 counties because of crop losses and plant disease caused by excessive rain since June.
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch says he’ll approve
same-sex marriage if
certain conditions are met. John Gregg of the Valley News provides analysis of the political pressure Lynch faces.
Vermonter Peter Galbraith is headed to Afghanistan as the U.N.’s second in command. We talk with him about the region and the way forward. Also, an update on the politics of same-sex marriage in New Hampshire.
A national health care expert gives an update health care reform at the national level, and how Vermont’s health care program fit into that picture. Also, New Hampshire’s debate over same-sex marriage.
President Obama has signed into law a restriction on exporting cluster bombs that Senator Patrick Leahy wrote; advocates say the plan to turn our next week for a health care reform forum that Governor Jim Douglas is co-hosting;
Discussion of Senator Patrick Leahy’s proposal to form a
"Truth Commission" to examine some policies of the Bush
presidency. Political reporter John Gregg of the Valley News digs
into New Hampshire’s share of the state aid package.