Podcasts about granite staters

New Hampshire is known for its high volume of alcohol sales, thanks in part to the low-tax liquor stores along our state borders. Being labeled as the number one state for booze may not be a point of pride for Granite Staters, but it's an important part of our state's economy: taxes on liquor and beer provide 5% of unrestricted revenue in the state budget. This year lawmakers are working on several bills that aim to boost alcohol sales – and hopefully boost our bottom line. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.

In 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This year, cities, states, and the federal government are hard at work planning how they will celebrate. Granite Staters deserve to be proud of their revolutionary history; New Hampshire was the first of the 13 colonies to declare independence from England, six months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. One proposal before the New Hampshire Legislature would give drivers the chance to participate in next year's festivities by purchasing a special, commemorative license plate for America's 250th.  Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.

Whether it's a November election or a March town meeting, Granite Staters are used to roadside political signs popping up like an invasive species. State law allows signs along public rights-of-way with the landowner's permission—but it's not always obvious who owns the land, which leads to some heated debates. This year the New Hampshire House and Senate are considering legislation to clear up who decides where roadway signs are placed. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.

Gov. Chris Sununu says he's going to sit out the 2026 U.S. Senate race -- what does that mean for New Hampshire politics? NHJournal Managing Editor Michael Graham asks veteran political reporter Mark Halperin. He gives his take on Sununu's decision, the chances Republicans will pick up the seat, and why he thinks Rep. Maggie Goodlander could be the biggest danger to Rep. Chris Pappas' Senate hopes.In addition to some rank punditry from the host, state Rep. James Spillane (R-Deerfield) talks about his recent trip to Israel with a group of legislators, and what Granite Staters should know about the Gaza conflict. This podcast sponsored by Perfect Smiles of Nashua. Find Mark Halperin's 2Way platform here. 

President Trump's tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico were slated to take effect earlier this week, but on Thursday Trump changed course, saying he would give a break to all goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement. We hear if energy imports are covered in the exemptions and how tariffs could affect Granite Staters' energy bills. Also: A new lawsuit out of New Hampshire is challenging the Trump administration's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools. The lawsuit alleges the restrictions chill teachers' free speech. We discuss these stories with local reporters Jeremy Margolis from the Concord Monitor and NHPR's Mara Hoplamazian on this week's edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.

We talk with the new president of Manchester Community College about his own education path and about the important role community colleges are playing in building career paths for Granite Staters. To learn more about Manchester Community College, click here. Sponsored by the Business NH Magazine's Ultimate Biz(NH) Bash. Also sponsored by the Made In NH Expo.

Trump storms back into Washington, D.C. and Granite State Republicans are pumped!While they were forced watch from ballrooms or meeting rooms, New Hampshire  who went to Washington for the inauguration were delighted by what they heard from the president.What were his best moments? What should Granite Staters take away from Trump's inaugural address? We asked NHGOP state chair Chris Ager and longtime NH Trump ally, Rep. Fred Doucette (R-Salem).Plus: Why NH Democrats should not cry for Joe Biden's loss, but for their own.Hosted by NHJournal Managing Editor Michael GrahamSponsored by Perfect Smiles of Nashua.Want to support NHJournal's independent journalism? Click here!

Gov. Kelly Ayotte officially took office this week and gave her first inaugural address. She touched on many different issues in her speech – from the state budget, to education and housing. We discuss her message to Granite Staters. And state officials have approved the acquisition of Catholic Medical Center by HCA Healthcare. We hear what this means for the state of the healthcare industry in New Hampshire on this edition of the NH News Recap with reporters Ethan DeWitt and Paul Cuno-Booth.

Anna Brown, Executive Director of Citizens Count, www.citizenscount.org joined the Thursday show to discuss what's on the minds of Granite Staters as we approach Election Day. Anna also took a look at the contentious Gubernatorial race in the state and the races for Congress in Districts One and Two. Anna is also the co-host of "100 Dollars Plus Mileage" podcast with Mike Dunbar.

In less than a month Granite Staters will elect a new governor. Former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and former US Senator Kelly Ayotte are vying for the corner office, and we hear the top issues they're campaigning on as they work to sway voters. And the Keene Board of Education met this week to discuss possible changes to its lunch debt policy. Advocates have raised concerns that Keene's middle and high schools could withhold food from students who have lunch debt. We discuss these stories on this week's edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and the Keene Sentinel's James Rinker.

Despite the fact that mountain lions, or catamounts,are officially extinct throughout New England, many Granite Staters believe otherwise and have said they've seen the big cats in the wild. Plus, two new $7 million programs to help flood-impacted Vermonters, a Rhode Island man who was shot and injured by Vermont State Police in Burke last month pleaded not guilty to 17 charges, and Franklin County's Elle St. Pierre will be racing for an Olympic medal in the women's 1500m.

According to an analysis from the Concord Monitor, New Hampshire municipalities seized the property of Granite Staters who were behind on property taxes during the pandemic, despite an emergency order by Gov. Chris Sununu that suspended such seizures. And how best to introduce yourself to voters? It's a question any candidate seeking public office faces. And for the Democrats now running in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District, it's being answered through competing claims of rootedness in the state they're seeking to represent. We dig into these stories on this week's edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with Concord Monitor Reporter Michaela Towfighi and NHPR's Josh Rogers.

On Episode 72 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss the meaning of public resources and how they can stabilize NH families and lead to a greater good for all Granite Staters. And later we feature two interviews from Prevent Child Abuse America's National Conference. Dr. Renée Branch Canady, CEO at Michigan Public Health Institute,  joins us to talk about public health and designing family-friendly systems. And Andrew Russo, co-founder and  director of the National Family Support Network, discusses America's best kept secret: the Family Resource Center.Support the showLISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ask your smart speaker to play NH Family NOW!

Gov. Sununu has signed a bill into law that could give Granite Staters more control over what happens to their data. We talk about these stories and more in this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with Boston Globe's Amanda Gokee and New Hampshire Bulletin's Ethan DeWitt.

Ron DeSantis is done, and no one knows who Ryan Binkley is. The New Hampshire primary is pretty much down to Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. Granite Staters call in to share their sentiments toward the former president and the neocon.

On the Season 3 Finale of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss parenting during the holly jolly holidays by expecting less from their children and taking the memory-making long game. And later executive director of NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action Joan Catherine Widmer joins the show to talk about our changing environment, what it means, and what Granite Staters can do. New Hampshire psychiatrist Dr. Bob Feder, pathologist Dr. Deborah Gerson, and a handful of New Hampshire families add to the conversation.Support the showLISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ask your smart speaker to play NH Family NOW!

Schools across the country, and here in the Granite State, continue to face pressure to remove titles that have LGBTQ+ characters or deal with mature themes. Now, the New Hampshire Department of Education is getting involved in book banning debates. New Hampshire's updated climate change plan is due early next year. Granite Staters gather to give their input. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Sarah Gibson and Mara Hoplamazian.

Live from the Airport Diner in Manchester, NHJournal presents Diner Table Economics!Want to hear the specific economic proposals from the people who want to be the next president of the United States? You'll get it here, straight from the candidates themselves, over a cup of coffee at the iconic Airport Diner.No “horserace politics,” no “politics of personality,” just a 25-minute conversation about jobs, inflation, taxes, and spending. The policy positions from regulation to tax reform that impact the daily lives of Granite Staters and all Americans.Sponsored by the Competitiveness Coalition.

It's been a tough few years for Granite Staters with the pandemic and inflation. Now, a new study shows one in three New Hampshire adults say they're struggling to pay for basic household expenses. And climate experts predict more severe heat waves and more extreme precipitation in New England in the future. What does this mean for farmers? We discuss these stories and more with NHPR's Paul Cuno-Booth and Kate Dario, and New Hampshire Bulletin's Amanda Pirani.

Joe Biden has sought to promote South Carolina to first-in-the-nation status in 2024, and New Hampshire isn't exactly taking it lying down. The state will likely run its primary first regardless — as required by state law, so jealously do Granite Staters covet their status — and simply omit Joe Biden's name from the ballot. Conservatives are threatening a Bud Light-style boycott of Ben & Jerry's after it urged the US to return “stolen indigenous land” in an Independence Day tweet. As the 2024 election cycle intensifies, we'll hear much from the Left about “liberal” and “progressive” values. That's a savvy strategy, since few political words have more persuasive appeal than liberty and progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden has sought to promote South Carolina to first-in-the-nation status in 2024, and New Hampshire isn't exactly taking it lying down. The state will likely run its primary first regardless — as required by state law, so jealously do Granite Staters covet their status — and simply omit Joe Biden's name from the ballot. Conservatives are threatening a Bud Light-style boycott of Ben & Jerry's after it urged the US to return “stolen indigenous land” in an Independence Day tweet. As the 2024 election cycle intensifies, we'll hear much from the Left about “liberal” and “progressive” values. That's a savvy strategy, since few political words have more persuasive appeal than liberty and progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to some Granite Staters, new playgrounds are failing to provide access for children with disabilities. Now the state legislature is considering a bill that would require solid, rubber-like materials for playground pathways. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.

Next Level Church, based in New Hampshire, became one of the fastest growing megachurches in the entire country. Now the church and its founding pastor are under scrutiny. We discuss that story and more in this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Todd Bookman and The Boston Globe's Amanda Gokee.

NH's "Voter-Owned Elections" Public Funding  Proposal Goes to a Vote Feb. 14Today's LinksArticles & Resources:NH House -  HB 324 Voter-Owned Election bill languageOpen Democracy Action - One pager on Voter-Owned ElectionsPew Trust - ‘Democracy Vouchers' Put Free Campaign Cash in the Hands of VotersNational Conference of State Legislatures - Public Financing of Campaigns: OverviewBrennan Center for Justice - The U.S. campaign finance system unfairly favors a small handful of wealthy donors. Small donor public financing could fix that.Groups Taking Action:Open Democracy Action, Public Citizen, Represent.Us, Common CauseToday's Script:  (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Remember our explainer on the most common types of public funding of elections:  Democracy vouchers, and small-donor matching systems?  The New Hampshire House votes February 14th on a hybrid of the two called “Voter-Owned Elections.”   HB 324 provides four $25 dollar certificates to each registered voter, which can be given to qualifying candidates in the race for governor, or to one of the five candidates for New Hampshire's Executive Council, which approves state contracts and department heads.   To qualify, a gubernatorial candidate must secure 2,500 individual contributions of $5.00 to $250.00, and Executive Council candidates 500 contributions of $5.00 to $125.00.   Qualifying also makes candidates eligible for a general election grant of $1 Million for the governor's race, and $60,000 for Executive Council.  As with Seattle and New York State, the Voter-Owned system encourages candidates to seek out voters' contributions and votes. It engages small donors in a state where most election funding comes from just 600 wealthy Granite Staters. It limits the size of non-voucher donations to a maximum $250.00, prohibits contributions from corporations, unions and lobbyists, and allows good candidates without wealthy friends to compete.    HB 324 goes to a closely-divided but Republican-controlled House, but it does have a few bipartisan supporters and it has a chance.   Its fate is less certain in the gerrymandered New Hampshire Senate.More details on the New Hampshire proposal and groups taking action at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.  I'm Brian Beihl. 

The first Tuesday of each month WKXL teams up with the New Hampshire Insurance Department to share the story of their service to Granite Staters. In today's segment the Department's Director of Consumer Services, Keith Nyhan, explained the units of the N.H.I.D. which he oversees. Also, Scott Spradling of the Spradling Group gave us an update on a very special raffle being held by “Swim With a Mission”. The prize is an authentic 2003 New England Patriots Super Bowl championship ring valued at $70,000.00. All proceeds will go the the charity's mission to help veterans and their families. To enter the drawing, the website is www.swam.org

This year, Granite Staters saw historic inflation rates and rising energy costs. There were some competitive races in the runup to the 2022 election, which ended with voters turning out in record numbers. New Hampshire's 24-week abortion ban went into effect and the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. We discuss the biggest stories of 2022 and look ahead to 2023 in this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Mara Hoplamazian, Citizen Count's Anna Brown and New Hampshire Bulletin's Annmarie Timmins.

Haunted New Hampshire While the leaves are still dropping from trees here in Virginia, the state of New Hampshire is quickly dropping into the dead of winter. This mountainous state has proud history that drastically outweighs its relatively small size. It was the first of the colonies to declare independence from Great Britain, and today its citizens still exhibit a stubbornness that makes the state motto “Live Free or Die” ring just as true as ever. In fact, it would be fair to say that some Granite Staters of generations past may be too stubborn to rest in peace…

Paul speaks with Zandra Rice Hawkins and Sarah Robinson of Granite State progress about Women's Reproductive rights, the Right Wing attempt by NH Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut and his cronies to pit parents against teachers and school boards with the purported "Parental Rights" push, designed to limit what schools can offer to LGBTQ+ and transgender students, and the landmark health care legislation passed by President Biden and Democrats in Congress which will help thousands of Granite Staters pay for medication and health care.

Paul speaks with Zandra Rice Hawkins and Sarah Robinson of Granite State progress about Women's Reproductive rights, the Right Wing attempt by NH Education commissioner Frank Edelblut and his cronies to pit parents against teachers and school boards with the purported "Parental Rights" push, designed to limit what schools can offer to LGBTQ+ and transgender students, and the landmark health care legislation passed by President Biden and Democrats in Congress which will help thousands of Granite Staters pay for medication and health care.

Senator Marco Rubio joins Clay and Buck the day after his debate drubbing of Val Demings. Gen-X voters are most anti-Biden generation. 25-year-old former Trump staffer Karoline Leavitt joins C&B to explain why Granite-Staters (that's New Hampshire) are about to send her to Congress. Ben Domenech thinks the GOP could win 40 House seats.Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator Marco Rubio joins Clay and Buck the day after his debate drubbing of Val Demings. Gen-X voters are most anti-Biden generation. 25-year-old former Trump staffer Karoline Leavitt joins C&B to explain why Granite-Staters (that's New Hampshire) are about to send her to Congress. Ben Domenech thinks the GOP could win 40 House seats.Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All four major electric utilities in New Hampshire are increasing their rates. We're also headed into the cold season, which means many Granite Staters will have to pay more for their heating this winter. We talk about that story and more in this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Mara Hoplamazian and New Hampshire Bulletin's Amanda Gokee.

The first official complaint against a teacher for violating New Hampshire's so-called "divisive concepts" law has been filed with the state. The state is defending the law in court as a group of public school employees argue it has had a chilling effect on classroom discussions. State health officials are encouraging Granite Staters to get their flu shot and an updated COVID booster shot this fall. They say this could be the worst flu season in several years. We talk about those stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR reporters Sarah Gibson and Paul Cuno-Booth.

Republicans on New Hampshire's Executive Council have blocked state funding for reproductive health centers for the fourth time in a year. Separately, the council approved funding for a vaping prevention campaign. Elsewhere, some Granite Staters participated in a photography project that aims to uplift trans and non-binary youth. We talk about all that and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Alli Fam and New Hampshire Bulletin's Annmarie Timmins.

Podcast Co-hosts Nathan Fink and Joelyn Drennan discuss traveling with children, the anxiety it can cause, and setting your children up for success. And later incoming President and CEO of the NH Center for Justice and Equity, Anthony Poore, joins the show to talk about setting the table for all Granite Staters so no matter who you love, how big your pocket book is, or where you lay your head, real opportunities exist and are accessible.  Support the showLISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ask your smart speaker to play NH Family NOW!

President Biden signed a package of firearms regulations last month. But how smoothly will those federal rules roll out in New Hampshire? A new state law bars local officials from helping to enforce new federal firearms laws. And people will now be able to access dental care under Medicaid coverage in New Hampshire, but tens of thousands of Granite Staters could lose their Medicaid coverage this fall. We cover that and more on this edition of the N.H. News Recap with NHPR's Alli Fam and New Hampshire Bulletin's Ethan DeWitt.

Every election year the nonpartisan, nonprofit Citizens Count surveys and profiles the roughly 900 candidates for state and federal office in New Hampshire, from state representative through U.S. senator. When Citizens Count staff choose which issues to ask about on our candidate surveys – and how to phrase the questions – we know we are sending a message about the most important issues facing New Hampshire. Our survey drafting process therefore includes input from various policy advocates, stakeholders, and the general public. According to the 110 individuals who responded to Citizens Count's request for input, here are the top five issues Granite Staters want candidates to address in 2022. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.  

Today's Action Links:NH's Open Democracy ActionACLU NHLeague of Women Voters NHYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping your government by and for the people.New Hampshire voters became the latest victims of the Big Lie Wednesday as its 400-seat legislature voted along party lines to adopt SB 418.   The bill throws out the state's long-standing “Qualified Voter Affidavit” system, which allows a voter with incomplete documentation to sign an affidavit on penalty of fines or imprisonment, and to vote as usual.   Despite no evidence of misuse by the typical 650 voters statewide who must use the system, it will be eliminated if Governor Chris Sununu decides to sign the bill.Instead, Granite Staters who don't have a birth certificate when they register same day, or a driver's license when they check in, will be instead given a provisional ballot.   The ballot will be marked, violating the secrecy of the ballot, and unless the voter returns within 10 days, will be thrown out and not counted in the vote total.   If signed, this rule will hurt more voters than it contributes to so-called “election integrity.”While most voter suppression states use this as a tool to keep black and brown communities from voting, in New Hampshire, it's college students, along with older voters, and the poor.  Same day registration is often used by students at one of New Hampshire's several small colleges, and this term, younger voters have been targeted with several bills challenging their eligibility to vote.  Students nationwide should contact their local town election officials or campus voting rights groups to find out state rules now, rather than waiting for the November midterm elections.Granny D said, “Democracy is not  something we have, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

In recent years Granite Staters have seen many headlines about PFAS in water, but there is an older contaminant still lurking in New Hampshire's plumbing: lead. Four years ago New Hampshire passed a law aimed at fighting lead poisoning in homes, daycares, and schools. Now legislators are debating whether the testing requirements do enough to protect children from lead in school water. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in  $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.  

With a new investor entering the fold, the long-awaited Balsams redevelopment will be a new North Country getaway for Granite Staters, hopefully in late 2023, early 2024. NHBR Editor Jeff Feingold and Associate Editor Amanda Andrews sit down with developer Les Otten to get the lowdown on what's coming for the new project. This week's episode is brought to you by McLane Middleton, providing trusted legal services to businesses throughout the region for over 100 years. For a complete listing of their practice areas, attorneys, and locations, visit www.mclane.com.

This week, Granite Staters showed their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. And it's been just over two years since New Hampshire's first cases of COVID in New Hampshire and cases are now declining after the omicron surge. Plus, Manchester Police are receiving training on responding to calls involving people with autism. NHPR's Alli Fam and Concord Monitor's Teddy Rosenbluth join Morning Edition host Rick Ganley.

Paul speaks with Zandra Rice Hawkins of Granite State progress and Nancy Glynn of Moms Rising about the Build Back Better Plan and what the health care and child and family provisions mean for Granite Staters.

The last C-17 military cargo aircraft departed Hamid Karzai International Airport, ending a two-decade conflict; and Granite Staters hope to override their governor and keep pandemic unemployment benefits in place.

Just over half of New Hampshire residents are fully vaccinated, as hospitalizations continue to increase. This week, the Executive Council approved a new contract that aims to spread the word about the importance of getting vaccinated. Meanwhile, some Granite Staters are lining up for a third dose of their Pfizer or Moderna shot, as another dose for some immunocompromised people has been recommended by the CDC. We review those stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.

We got some great responses to 'Things that people say about NH that make Granite Staters eyes roll' on both the Shark messenger and Facebook. Hilarious geography errors and that we all hunt and ski were common themes.

Would you believe these people claim they NEVER drink water. Besides the fact that this is impossible to do without serious health problems, we talk about why this may be more common in New England.

After the coronavirus led to virtual Pride celebrations last year, some events will be held in-person this year. We find out how Granite Staters are observing Pride this year and explore their thoughts on how our country's current political climate is affecting LGBTQ folks.

PFAS may be called “forever chemicals” but you only have three years to file a lawsuit after discovering you were harmed by PFAS.  A bill in the New Hampshire Legislature would double that time limit, potentially opening the door to more PFAS-related claims.

The CDC is advising vaccinated people can ditch their masks while NHHS is advising that Granite Staters should keep them on. What to do? Hopefully we can just stick it out another couple weeks without World War Nine erupting over these masks!

The DCD dropping the mask mandate -- and catching up with the science -- might sound like good news to you, but many people greeted it with disdain and even anger. Why are so many people unhappy over the good news?And Tim Phillips, president of Americans For Prosperity, jumps on the podcast to talk about his organization's push to protect the filibuster, Sen. Maggie Hassan's mailbox and what's going on in America's job market.Hosted by Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and Michael Graham at New Hampshire Journal.

The events in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month have echoes in New England. This week, we hear local reactions to seeing a Keene, New Hampshire local featured in a documentary about white supremacists at Charlottesville, and we recon with a quieter kind of racism in Boston in the wake of the “Free Speech” rally and counter-protest last Saturday. Plus, Granite Staters get the chance to “ask a Muslim anything.” Later in the show, we visit a Maine school on the cutting edge of composting, and a yacht race that is a reminder of another time. Counter protesters amassed outside of the barriers at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on August 19. Photo by Jesse Costa for WBUR Grappling With Race and Inclusion in the Granite State It's been two weeks since a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, led to violent clashes between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters. One anti-fascist demonstrator was killed and many were injured when a car, driven by one of the alt-right marchers, plowed into a group of people. The events of the weekend were captured in a documentary by VICE News and HBO called “Charlottesville, Race and Terror.” The main subject of that report is Christopher Cantwell, 36, from Keene, New Hampshire, who advocates online for what he calls a white “ethno-state,” and promises violence. White nationalist Christopher Cantwell speaks with VICE News correspondent Elle Reeve. Cantwell’s tone changed somewhat in a video he shot himself, following news that authorities were seeking him in connection with violence at the rally. He has since surrendered to police, facing two felony counts of illegal use of tear gas, and one count of malicious bodily injury by means of a caustic substance. We’re joined by New Hampshire Public Radio reporter Britta Greene, who has been following Cantwell's story, and getting reaction from the Keene community. Robert Azzi. Photo by Peter Biello for NHPR Where Christopher Cantwell spreads a message of hate, Exeter resident Robert Azzi is working to spread understanding. The Lebanese-American Muslim photojournalist is traveling around New Hampshire hosting a series of conversations he calls “Ask a Muslim Anything.” WBUR’s Anthony Brooks reports. Dialogue between people of different races — or faiths — has been difficult in the weeks following Charlottesville. And one of the trickiest conversations has been about physical images of our racist past. While New England doesn't have many debates about Confederate statues, the history of white settlers and their relationship with indigenous people is also fraught. This week, Yale University announced that it would remove a stone carving of a Puritan aiming a musket at Native American. As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jason Moon reports, a mural in a Durham, New Hampshire post office has also sparked a controversy. A mural including 16 images representing town history, including a Native American carrying a flaming torch and looking out at a colonial cabin,  was commissioned by the Women’s Club of Durham in 1959. Photo by Jason Moon for NHPR Moving the Needle on Systemic Racism in Boston Kevin Peterson is founder of the Boston-based New Democracy Coalition and a senior fellow at the Center for Collaborative Leadership at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The scene at a so-called “Free Speech” rally in Boston last Saturday offered a stark contrast to the events in Charlottesville the weekend before. A few dozen attendees of the conservative rally were met on the Boston Common by an estimated 40,000 counter-demonstrators. Boston police didn't allow the protesters or the media to get near the rally, so their message couldn't be heard. Many in Boston, including our guest Kevin Peterson, applauded the counter-protesters — a majority white crowd — for standing up to bigotry and hatred. But in a column for WBUR's Cognoscenti, Peterson asks Bostonians to now do something more difficult: work to counter systemic, historic, everyday racism in their city. First Class Compost, J Class Yachts The Maine Compost School teaches the right way to compost with a series of test piles. Photo by Nick Woodward for Maine Public Radio A few times a year, people from all over the US — and well beyond — trek to Maine to learn the science of all things rotten. The Maine Compost School has been teaching people how to turn organic trash into treasure for 20 years, making it the longest-running program of its kind in the U.S. Maine Public Radio’s Jennifer Mitchell takes us there. A J Class boat sailing out of Newport Harbor, with the Pell Bridge in the background. A J Class yacht training on the waters off Newport Harbor. Photo by Pearl Mack for RIPR Newport Rhode Island is a world capital for sailing. This week, the city is host to a first in the sailing world: the J Class World Championship. J-Class yachts are rare, and they're huge. Picture a sailboat about as long as a basketball court racing around Newport harbor. Rhode Island Public Radio's John Bender went to take a look. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Britta Greene, Jason Moon, Jennifer Mitchell, and John Bender Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and photos of your compost pile to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southern New England states are hungry for renewable energy. There’s energy up north, but there are hurdles to bringing down to southern states. This week, we look at the stalling of wind energy in Maine, and the controversy over a project that would bring hydro-electric power from Quebec to the New England grid. Plus, we have updates to government plans to clean up the Long Island Sound, install high speed rail, and conserve land – or not – in our region. And we learn what makes “New England’s magazine” tick. Buckle up. Opponents to Northern Pass, a project to bring hydro- electric power from rivers in Quebec through New Hampshire to the New England grid, has drawn opposition from Granite Staters who worry that transmission towers would disturb pristine wilderness. Photo by Sam Evans-Brown for NHPR Through the River and Over the Woods Stacey Fitts manages the Bingham Wind Plantation and other assets held by Novatus, a J.P. Morgan affiliate. Photo by Fred Bever for NENC In Maine, wind energy had a decade of rapid growth, but now the industry has hit the doldrums in the Pine Tree State. As Maine Public Radio’s Fred Bever reports, no big new wind projects are likely to go live any time soon. And it could cost billions to unlock enough of the state’s wind resource – the best in the region – to serve southern New England’s thirst for renewable energy. Next door in New Hampshire, Northern Pass is a proposal to run 192 miles of new power lines from Canada, through much of the state. The current proposed Northern Pass route would bury the line in the White Mountains as a concession to opponents. Photo courtesy of Northern Pass The project is a collaboration between the regional utility Eversource, and Hydro-Quebec, which is owned by Quebec’s provincial government. The utilities say the $1.6 billion Northern Pass project would transport 1,090 megawatts of electricity from Quebec – which derives more than 90 percent of its power from hydroelectric dams – to the New England power grid. Since the first route was proposed in 2011, Northern Pass has generated considerable controversy in New Hampshire. Now, the issue is being considered in the state legislature, and hearings are expected to continue throughout the summer.  Our guest Nancy West has been covering the back-and-forth for the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism. How would Northern Pass fit into New England’s energy grid? And just how “clean” a source is hydro-electric power? For answers we turned to Sam Evans-Brown, host of the New Hampshire Public Radio podcast Outside/In – the show about the natural world and how we use it. Evans-Brown says the impacts of Canadian hydro-electric power on our regions grid could be massive. According to Hydro-Quebec, hydro-electric power for the Northern Pass project would come from  dams along La Grande River in the northwest corner of the map, and on the Romaine river on the east side of the map, including two that are currently under construction. Map courtesy of Hydro-Quebec Federal Projects in New England – Updates Last week we learned about how nitrogen runoff from the Connecticut River is leading to the die-off of fish and plant life in Long Island Sound. But the problem is not a new one. The Environmental Protection Agency started closely monitoring nitrogen levels there back in the 1980s. By 2001, the agency set new nitrogen limitations for wastewater treatment plants on the Sound in New York and Connecticut. Now EPA is expected to set lower limits for wastewater treatment plants miles from the Sound, on the Connecticut River.  As New England Public Radio’s Jill Kaufman reports, those plants are wondering if this is their problem to solve. Watch a video about how nitrogen from upriver affects the Long Island Sound: The nation's busiest rail corridor hugs the shoreline along Long Island Sound. The Amtrak trains that serve the Northeast get people from Boston to New York and beyond. The shoreline communities that the trains pass through, want faster, reliable train service that also stops at their local train stations. But a proposed federal plan for high speed rail  would have trains skipping many towns and cities. Robert Lee owns Lee’s Oriental Market in the Historic Hodges Square Village neighborhood of New London, CT. He worried that a rail bypass would hurt development here. Photo by Ryan Caron King for NENC Two weeks ago on the show, we heard from residents angry about lack of public input in the process, and concerned about potential impacts on historic buildings and farmland. Now in the port city of New London, Cassandra Basler reports that some worry the proposed railroad bypass would decimate their city's budget and hold back it's revitalization. Back in August of 2016 President Obama signed an executive order creating a national monument in Maine's North Woods. As NEXT reported, that signature created the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on 87 thousand acres of wilderness east of Baxter State Park. Boaters, in August of 2016, paddle the East Branch of the Penobscot River, which cuts through Katahdin Woods and Waters. Photo by Susan Sharon for Maine Public Now, that monument is one of 27 under review by the Trump administration. Maine Governor Paul LePage says the monument, and its potential to become a national park, pose a real threat to Maine’s forest products industry. Main Public Radio's A. J. Higgins traveled to the nearby town of Millinocket, where he found some monument supporters, including local businesses, who are fighting back. The Department of the Interior is accepting public comments on the review of monuments including Katahdin Woods and Waters, (as well as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument 150 miles off the coast of Cape Cod), through July 10. You can read comments and submit your own at regulations.gov. Your Grandma’s New England Magazine Adapts to Not-Your-Grandma’s New England Yankee Magazine editor Mel Allen. Photo by Jarrod McCabe for Yankee Magazine Google something along the lines of “best clam chowder in Rhode Island” or “best New England beaches” and chances are good you’ll come across newengland.com, the website of Yankee Magazine. (The magazine will be ranking lobster rolls in its next print issue. Of course, John has his own opinions on that topic.) Yankee's tagline is “New England's magazine,” and the periodical turns 82 this year. So what did it mean to be New England’s Magazine in 1935, and what does it mean today? We check in with editor Mel Allen. Once plentiful in New England's rivers, native Atlantic salmon have since all but disappeared. Salmon grow up in freshwater, then go out to the ocean and return inland to spawn. But dams and changing oceanic conditions have destroyed river return rates. To combat that, New England aggressively stocked hatchery-raised salmon in rivers for decades, but low return counts and budget cutbacks eliminated many of those programs. Yearling Atlantic salmon at about the right size for stocking. Salmon live in fresh water for the first one to four years of life. Photo by Peter E. Steenstrta for USFWS In Connecticut a paired-down salmon stocking program remains. WNPR's Patrick Skahill recently met up with some fish stockers on Connecticut’s Farmington River, and brings us an audio postcard. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Fred Bever, Jill Kaufman, Cassandra Basler, A.J. Higgins, and Patrick Skahill Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and live salmon to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we have updates from New England News Collaborative reporters on the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries. Another executive order is aimed at punishing so-called “sanctuary cities” — municipalities that refuse to detain undocumented immigrants. Our guest says that’s just the first of many battles we’ll see between cities and the Trump administration. And we hear about a program at a rapidly-diversifying New Hampshire high school that aims to build understanding between American-born students and newcomers. Mazdak Tootkaboni, a UMass Dartmouth professor from Iran, greets his family after several hours being held at Logan Airport. Photo by Shannon Dooling for WBUR Travel Ban The first few weeks of the Trump administration have created confusion for thousands of New Englanders and their loved ones overseas. A ban on travel for refugees and all those traveling from a small group of mostly Muslim countries meant that students studying here on visas might not be able to return to their classrooms in America. It meant long journeys for families fleeing the civil war in Syria. And it meant an indefinite hold on plans to resettle refugees in places like Rutland, Vermont and Northampton, Massachusetts. A judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order against the executive order, allowing travel from the seven countries and refugee entry to resume. The federal government challenged the restraining order. An appeals court ruled Thursday not to overturn the lower court’s order. Trump indicated that he will appeal that ruling. U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats from Connecticut, greet the newly reunited Kassar family at Olive Tree restaurant in Milford, Connecticut, on Friday. Photo by Cassandra Basler for WSHU New England Public Radio’s Jill Kaufman has been covering the story of a UMass graduate student from Iran who got stuck while trying to return to the United States. While judges were deliberating whether to halt the travel ban last week, both Connecticut senators intervened after a Syrian mother and two daughters were kept from landing at JKF airport, as WSHU’s Cassandra Basler reports. And from New Hampshire Public Radio, Emily Corwin brings us the perspectives of some Granite Staters who support the immigration restrictions. Cities vs. Donald Trump Immigration rights activist Jesus Sanchez looks at a map of New Haven, one of Connecticut’s “sanctuary cities.” Photo by Ryan Caron King for WNPR. At a briefing this week, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that Trump plans to make good on another immigration-related executive order: the one that cuts off funds sanctuary cities. The president has said that sanctuary cities “breed crime,” but there appears to be no evidence to support that claim. Also this week, the Massachusetts cities of Chelsea and Lawrence, both home to large immigrant populations, filed suit against the president saying the order violates the constitutional principles of federalism and separation of powers. The mayors of Boston and Hartford have said their cities won't comply. And despite the federal threats, even smaller communities like Newton, Massachusetts are considering sanctuary city status. In a recent article in Governing magazine, our guest Alan Greenblatt writes that the fight over this executive order is just the first of many flash points to come between cities and the Trump administration. And he sees a further widening of the divide between metro areas and rural areas in the United States. “Being the Change” at Concord High Social worker Anna-Marie DiPasquale with student Rene Ndutiye at Concord High School. Photo courtesy of Anna-Marie DiPasquale Ten years ago, the demographics of New Hampshire and of Concord High School were almost identical. Both were 93 percent white. While that number has remained steady for the state, the capital city's high school has diversified in a big way. Today more than 10 percent of the school's 1,600 students are, or were, refugees resettled from 66 countries. Anna-Marie DiPasquale, the school's social worker, started a new project this past fall called Travel around the World. The project allows Ms. DiPasquale to visit different classrooms with small groups of refugee students sharing their cultures and traditions firsthand. From New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth, Jimmy Gutierrez reports. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Jill Kaufman, Cassandra Bassler, Emily Corwin, Shannon Dooling, Nancy Cohen, Jimmy Gutierrez Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon, “Gold Dayzz” by Ultraista Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, and story leads to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.