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Members of Congress from the Northeast and the Midwest have been feverishly trying to put extra money in the federal budget to pay for Low Income Heating Assistance.

Congressman Charlie Bass has put an amendment in the budget bill, and brought a New Hampshire energy official to Washington to testify to the importance of the program.

NHPR Correspondent Julie Donnelly reports from Washington.

Yesterday, we reported on the rapidly growing impact of Hepatitis C on New Hampshire. Hepatitis C kills about 10,000 people a year in the U-S, about the same number as die from AIDS. But unlike with AIDS, the death toll from this virus is expected to triple in the next ten years. That increase has little to do with the spread of the disease today. It is due almost entirely to infections that took place two and three decades ago. That 20 to 30 year gap is important because the types of people who got infected in the past are different from the people who get infected today.

NHPR's Jon Greenberg reports.

Maine Healthy People 2010

New Hampshire Healthy People 2010

Complete table of NH hospital charge trends

NIH Fact Sheet on Hepatitis C

Vietnam Veterans and Hepatitis C

News and Information from HCVAdvocate.org

The Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, is teaming up with members of the Maine community to launch an extensive and comprehensive study of the state's economy that will hopefully result in a blueprint for boosting Maine's economy while retaining it's character and quality of life. The report will address sprawl and other issues impacting the state and is targeted for a September 2006 release, just in time to be a point of discussion during Maine's gubernatorial and legislative campaigns. We'll look at the issues facing a growing Maine, how they plan to tackle them, and what impact, if at all, this pending report will have on the future of growth in the state. Laura's guests are Alan Caron, President and Founder of GrowSmart Maine and Bruce Katz, Vice-President of the Brookings Institution and Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program. Katz is directing the study on Maine’s Economy.