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The Nursing Home industry is sponsoring a series of ads in New Hampshire.

They are part of a national campaign.

The industry accuses the state's Congressional delegation of jeopardizing the health of nursing home patients by cutting medicare funds.

But the targets of those ads provide a different story.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Mark Bevis reports.

A State commission is holding meeting around the state to study the feasibility of locally grown and produced bio-diesel fuels.

NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood attended the commission's third meeting, held this week in Portsmouth and he files this report.

The president of the Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern, joins us in studio to talk about the state of today’s unions and their power in the next elections. He's also written a book called "A Country That Works", drawing on his own experiences as a social worker, father, organizer and labor leader to talk about where he sees the need for change in today's global economy.

This program originally aired on January 31, 2007

If the New Hampshire primary is known for one thing, it's one-on-one contact between the candidates and the voters. This might sound like a completely open approach and in theory, it is. But in reality, when the presidential contenders come through, they spend most of their time with one kind of voter. Someone who has a particular interest in the primary.

As part of Primary Place, our ongoing series on the voters of Exeter, New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg went to a community picnic where no candidates were present. There, he found a more complicated blend of attitudes.

New Hampshire's Department of Transportation has been in the news a lot lately, and so has its acting department head. Interim Commissioner Charles O'Leary is no stranger to the position- he served as head of DOT in the 1990's. He joins us to talk about everything from their budget to the ten year plan to possible new taxes and tolls in the Granite State, and the search for the next Commissioner at the Department of Transportation.

Guest

• Charles O'Leary: Commissioner of New Hampshire's Department of Transportation. O'Leary served as Commissioner previously from 1990-1996 under Governors Gregg and Merrill.