Story Archives of 'Bob Clegg'

Former newspaper columnist and radio talk show host Jennifer Horn has won the state’s Second Congressional District Republican Primary.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein has more.

Five Republican primary candidates are vying for the second district Congressional Seat.
The winner will go on to face Democrat incumbent Paul Hodes.
One of the candidates –engineer Alfred L’Eplattinier - is a long shot and has had little campaign presence.
But the other four Republicans have been crisscrossing the state trying to get voters’ attention.
And as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, it hasn’t been easy.

How ready is our state for the possibility of civil unions? After a host of bills concerning the union of same sex couples that have ranged from marriage to contractual cohabitation to an amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman, it seems as if civil unions has come out on top. The bill has passed the House, Governor Lynch has said he'll sign it and it now awaits a full Senate vote. A panel of players in the same sex union debate join us to talk about what may be next and if New Hampshire is ready to be the fourth state in the nation to allow for civil unions.

Guests

• Rep. Daniel Itse, Republican from Fremont
• Sen. Robert Clegg, Republican from Hudson and Senate Minority Leader
• Rep. Mo Baxley, Democrat from Andover
• Rep. Jim Splaine, Democrat from Portsmouth and co-sponsor of the civil unions bill

We'll also hear from

• Deborah Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State

Governor John Lynch today unveiled a long-promised constitutional amendment on school funding. He says the one hundred-and-three word proposal affirms the state's responsibility for education while giving the legislature broad latitude to target school aid.

To supporters, the amendment is a step towards resolving perennial battles over school aid. But critics worry the plan could actually lead to more education funding lawsuits.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

Democrats exhult and key Republicans fume over ruling says state the can't give top billing on election ballots to candidates whose party won the previous election. The ruling also also barred the practice of alphabetizing names of candidates of the same party running for the same office. The secretary of state, meanwhile, says the order could make it hard to maintain the current election calendar.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.