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House and Senate Republican leaders are applauding the preliminary estimate that the state will end the year 9 million dollars in the black. If that number holds, it will be the first year in the past five that the state would be able to add to its rainy day fund --- the pot of money that it keeps in reserve.

But as New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg reports, the durability of the estimated surplus is in question.

About 60 delegates and alternates from New Hampshire are in New York City for the Republican National Convention this week. Some of these New Hampshire delegates are old hands at these conventions, but others are experiencing all the excitement for the very first time. Linda Henderson is one of the rookies. She's a delegate from Exeter. She talks to Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes from New York City.

SB110, passed last year, was aimed at increasing competition among insurance companies in New Hampshire while decreasing the cost of insurance for small businesses. Now the first numbers are coming in on the bill and the results are mixed. We'll talk about these findings and find out what the future of SB110 might hold. Laura's guests are Representative John Hunt, Chairman of the House Commerce Committee and Dr. Jim Squires, President of the Endowment for Health. We'll also talk with Tim Sink, president of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce.

Some Republicans disappointed with Governor Craig Benson have launched a write-in campaign for Republican state Senator Dick Green.

With no money and no staff, organizers however, have less than three weeks to attract fellow disgruntled Republicans.

Certain GOP circles welcome the opportunity to register a protest vote for governor.

But many in the party just dismiss the fledgling campaign as something that is going nowhere fast.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

The world's oceans, seas, and rivers are filled with relics of the past. These shipwrecks are like snapshots of history, frozen in time in the murky depths. Underwater archeologists study them to get a better understanding of our historical heritage. Laura's guests are David Switzer, retired Professor of History at Plymouth State University and also consulting Nautical Archeologist for the state of New Hampshire, and Brendan Foley, Postdoctoral Fellow specializing in Archeology in Deep Water at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and lecturer in the history of technology at M.I.T.