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By Shira Schoenberg, Concord Monitor
State hospitals and health care providers are still calculating the impact of impending cuts to their funding. But, they warn, providers will not shoulder the cuts alone. Eventually, the cost of the services will be borne by average people through higher insurance premiums.
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By The Associated Press, Concord Monitor
CONCORD, N.H. -- A House committee will recommend whether New Hampshire's five-week-old gay marriage law should be repealed.
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Evergreen 'pay plan' irks towns
By Tom Fahey, The Union Leader (Manchester)
A two-year-old law that guarantees municipal and school workers raises even when their contracts expire is just now starting to make itself felt at town and school district meetings.
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38 jobs to be cut, tuition hike at Dartmouth
By Staff Reports, The Union Leader (Manchester)
HANOVER, N.H. – There will be 38 layoffs this week with more expected in April, and tuition will go up more than 4 percent, according to a plan to bridge the $100 million budget gap at Dartmouth College.
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FairPoint plan would cut debt sharply
By The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News
PORTLAND, Maine — The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday, but the company said the reorganization won't prevent it from expanding broadband Internet in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Climate stance criticized
By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Eight state environmental groups sent a letter to Gov. Bobby Jindal last week asking the state stop acting "in an obstructionist manner on climate change."
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