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By Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
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Syndicate contentAlcohol

Tuesday, August 26, 2008Sampling Boxed Wine
Tuesday, August 26, 2008Debating the Drinking Age
Thursday, June 14, 2007New England Bootlegging
Friday, March 30, 2007Wheat Free Market Now Includes Beer
Thursday, March 30, 2006The Good Beer Guide to New England
Wednesday, February 16, 2005From Apples to Vodka
Friday, December 3, 2004Beer Tax: Room to Grow?
Monday, June 14, 2004Jack Daniels...on the air, please.

Syndicate contentDan Eaton

Wednesday, February 6, 2008Bill to Prohibit Guns at State House Draws Fire
Wednesday, January 23, 2008Governor Seeks Cooperation Amid Fiscal Worries
Thursday, April 12, 2007House Passes $10.4 Billion Budget
Thursday, March 8, 2007Lynch Backs Off School Aid Reductions
Monday, November 13, 2006New Hampshire's New Democratic Majority
Wednesday, November 8, 2006House Dems Look to Lead
Wednesday, October 18, 2006Top Lawmakers Push For Prosecution Money In Briggs Killing
Friday, July 21, 2006Ballot Access Fight Has Two Fronts
Tuesday, November 8, 2005Alstead Seeks State Aid
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Syndicate contentGambling

Thursday, March 27, 2008The New Debate around Gambling in New Hampshire
Wednesday, March 26, 2008New Hampshire's Lottery Commission Says It Needs Expanded Gambling
Thursday, March 20, 2008Senate Keeps Gambling Bill
Tuesday, March 4, 2008Gambling for Economic Recovery
Wednesday, September 26, 2007Mass Gambling Proposal Puts Rockingham Slots Proposal in a New Light
Monday, January 10, 2005Taking A Gamble
Wednesday, March 10, 2004NH Lottery 40th
Tuesday, April 23, 2002Kittery Says No to Gambling Now and in the Future
Wednesday, March 13, 2002Kittery Casino Plans on Hold....For Now
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Syndicate contentJohn Lynch

Friday, August 22, 2008Lynch's Democratic Primary Challenger
Monday, July 28, 2008Governor Lynch Wants Major Disaster Declaration for New Hampshire
Friday, July 25, 2008Storm-Stricken Areas Begin To Assess Damage
Tuesday, June 17, 2008Lawmakers Approve $30 Million in New Cuts
Monday, June 9, 2008Governor Permits Costing Plan to Pass
Thursday, June 5, 2008Budget Bill Passes, Deficit Talk Continues
Wednesday, May 14, 2008Ed Funding Amendment Rejected By House
Tuesday, May 6, 2008Businesses Say State Should Go Slow on Hiking Cigarette Tax and Cutting Wine Discounts
Friday, May 2, 2008Top House Dems Endorse Funding Amendment
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Syndicate contentPolitics

Wednesday, September 3, 2008DailyKos.com Founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
Tuesday, September 2, 2008Commission Looks to Publicly Fund Elections
Thursday, August 28, 2008Five Republican Candidates Vie for Congressional District 2
Wednesday, August 27, 2008Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy
Monday, August 25, 2008Keeping Manufacturing Vital
Wednesday, August 20, 2008Memory and the Mind, Iraq's Heavy Metal, Bananas
Friday, August 8, 2008Some Construction Workers Could See Unemployment Benefits Change
Thursday, August 7, 2008Environmental Services Commissioner Tom Burack
Wednesday, July 30, 2008The Immigration Debate
Friday, July 18, 2008Homeowners Adjust to Changes in Shoreland Protection Act
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Syndicate contentState Budget

Tuesday, June 17, 2008Lawmakers Approve $30 Million in New Cuts
Thursday, June 5, 2008Budget Bill Passes, Deficit Talk Continues
Wednesday, April 9, 2008Lynch Declines To Rule Out Tax Increases
Thursday, March 20, 2008Senate Keeps Gambling Bill
Thursday, January 17, 2008House Considers Raising the Age of Juvenile Offenders
Tuesday, January 15, 2008Governor Lynch Says Looming Shortfall May Force Budget Trim
Thursday, April 12, 2007House Passes $10.4 Billion Budget
Tuesday, February 20, 2007Breaking Down the Budget
Monday, February 19, 2007Lynch Targets Funds for North Country
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Syndicate contentSubstance Abuse

Thursday, September 4, 2008Looking to Stem Suicides
Tuesday, August 26, 2008Debating the Drinking Age
Thursday, August 14, 2008Prescription Drug Abuse
Monday, July 28, 2008The Hidden Economy of Marijuana in California
Tuesday, July 15, 2008Taking Our Daily Meds
Thursday, June 12, 2008Tripping Out At Harvard
Thursday, May 29, 2008Addicted Doctors
Friday, May 23, 2008Remember the Homeless Vets
Thursday, May 22, 2008People with Mental Illnesses Often Rely on Emergency Care
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Syndicate contentTaxes

Tuesday, September 2, 2008Commission Looks to Publicly Fund Elections
Monday, June 16, 2008Sullivan County Wants a New Jail
Thursday, June 5, 2008Budget Bill Passes, Deficit Talk Continues
Wednesday, May 14, 2008Group Aims to Cap Property Taxes in 11 Communities
Monday, May 12, 2008How I Spent My Stimulus
Friday, May 9, 2008Manchester Mayor's Draft Budget Cuts School Funding
Friday, May 9, 2008Municipal Tax Caps
Tuesday, May 6, 2008Businesses Say State Should Go Slow on Hiking Cigarette Tax and Cutting Wine Discounts
Monday, April 14, 2008Learning to Love Taxes
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Syndicate contentTobacco Tax

Tuesday, May 6, 2008Businesses Say State Should Go Slow on Hiking Cigarette Tax and Cutting Wine Discounts
Thursday, April 14, 2005House Committee Votes to Raise Cigarette Tax
Tuesday, February 15, 2005Governor Lynch Proposes Budget Plan
Friday, January 14, 2005Taxing Tobacco
Monday, November 8, 2004Store Owner Fears Tobacco Tax Hike
Friday, May 7, 2004House Backs Cigarette Tax To Fund Education
Tuesday, April 27, 2004House Ways and Means Endorses Tobacco Tax
Thursday, April 10, 2003House Finance Passes Two Budgets
Monday, March 3, 2003Raising the State's Tobacco Tax: A New Study
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