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Since 1994, the Shoreland Protection Act has helped keep lakes and rivers clean by requiring waterfront landowners to keep some trees and plants on their properties and put limits on pavement and where contractors can build. Now even tougher regulations take effect July 1st. We’ll look at these changes and what they'll mean for waterfront communities.

Guests

• Bill Smith, member of the Moultonborough planning board and member of the commission that helped craft the Shoreland Protection Act
• Derek R. Durbin, Environmental Policy Director for the New Hampshire Lakes Association

We'll also hear from

• Paul Morin, President of Tarkka Homes, Chairman of the Government and Legislative Affairs Committee for the Homebuilders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire and chairman of the Weare Planning Board

With four months on the job, Glenn Normandeau leads Fish and Game when the department is strapped for cash and looking for new ways to increase revenue, including higher fees and permit costs, staffing changes, even a change in the department’s name. We’ll talk with Glenn Normandeau about the future of Fish and Game.

Guest

• Glenn Normandeau, Executive Director for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

As Barack Obama and John McCain debate how to raise money in the presidential race, New Hampshire officials are appointing a panel to study how the state could adopt public financing for State Senate and Executive Council races. Advocates say public financing would enrich democracy by enabling low-income candidates to compete with well-funded rivals. Opponents counter that public financing is an attack on free speech that takes money and power away from citizens and gives it to the state. We’ll get the latest on campaign finance and hear about reforms in other states.

Guests

• Shawn Jasper, Republican State Representative from Hudson
• Jim Rubens, former Republican State Senator and member of the Commission to Study the Feasibility of Public Funding of State Election Campaigns

We'll also hear from

• Mal Leary, a reporter for the Capitol News Service in Augusta, Maine
• Jim Splaine, Democratic State Representative from Portsmouth, member of the Election Law Committee, and author of HB 794, which created the Commission

With the price of jet fuel soaring, the world’s airlines are struggling to stay competitive. They’re raising fares, cutting service, reducing speed, and even charging for that soft drink, bag of peanuts, and checked-in luggage. We’ll look at the state of the airline industry and how much you may shell out the next time you fly.

Guests

• Tom Malafronte, Assistant Airport Director for Air Service Development and Marketing at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
• David Field , Americas Editor of the London-based magazine Airline Business

While many worry about New Hampshire's economy, other states are having even tougher times, and have been trying to think of new ways to increase revenue, from expanded gambling and massive state layoffs to fast food taxes or floating bonds. We’ll learn what states are doing and who can learn from whom.

Guests

• Steve Norton, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy
• Artuto Perez, researcher with the National Conference of State Legislatures
• Pamela Prah, political editor for Stateline.org, covering taxes, budgets and economic policy