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Two of the Legislature's top Democrats are launching a new effort to get New Hampshire to withdraw from the national No Child Left Behind program.

They say Washington is making demands that it doesn't pay for. They complain about losing local control.

But this year New Hampshire is not alone.

New Hampshire Public Radio's political correspondent, John Milne, reports:

Dan Hebert left a career in the banking industry to become head of New Hampshire Jumpstart, a NH chapter of a national group, The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. The aim is to improve personal financial literacy among children in NH and prepare them to intelligently manage their finances as adults. Dan is also head of New Hampshire Partners in Education, a non-profit that promotes voluntarism in the schools by encouraging parents, community members, and businesses to participate in children's education.

The blue fin tuna is often described as the most exciting sport fish any fishermen can ever hope to catch. In New Hampshire alone, an estimated 200-to-300 fishermen hold tuna licenses. About one hundred of those licenses belong to commercial fishermen. For them, the blue fin tuna represents an increasingly critical component of a highly regulated industry.
But fisherman here on the Eastern Seaboard must contend with very tight quota restrictions. They say the restrictions benefit not the species ? but the fishermen?s competitors on the other side of the Atlantic.
New Hampshire Public Radio?s Doug MacPherson reports.

The National Review Board criticized Catholic bishops for failing to stop widespread clergy sex abuse over the past five decades. The watchdog panel of prominent lay leaders said the bishops? failure to stop the abuse was ?shameful to the church?. Catholic activists in New Hampshire say they?re still worried that the leadership of the Manchester Diocese isn?t taking responsibility for its role. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon reports.

Eesha Williams is a freelance journalist and author of the book Grassroots Journalism. He believes that a lot of reporting is disconnected from the lives of everyday people and tilted toward the powerful in government and business. He says grassroots journalism is objective and includes all sides of a story, but also inspires readers to get involved and take action.

Eesha was an award-winning reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer until May of last year. He was fired for what the paper called a breach of journalistic ethics; he believes he was fired for trying to organize a union.

Public readings and discussions:
March 18- Black Bird Books, Nashua
March 21- Toadstool Book Shop, Keene