From a new governor to a new house speaker, ethics violations in the state house, and the mighty Boston Red Sox, we?ll look back at the people, places, and things that captured the Granite State headlines in 2004 and look to their hopes, goals and thoughts for the coming year. Laura's guests are Governor-elect John Lynch, State House Speaker Doug Scamman, Gerri Whittredge, mother of a member of the Londonderry-based 94th Military Police Company who served in Iraq for 16 months, Vin Sylvia, Deputy Managing Editor of Sports for the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News, Josh Rogers, NHPR's political reporter, Jaime Simoes, Chair of the Franklin Pierce Bicentennial Commision and Frank Bryan, Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont.