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NEXT WEEK, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION THAT COULD BOOST THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IN THE STATE. THE BILL'S ALREADY PASSED THE SENATE AND HAS THE SUPPORT OF BUSINESS AND HOUSING ADVOCACY GROUPS. NHPR’S DAN GORENSTEIN REPORTS.

In its budget proposal released earlier this month, the Bush Administration briefly mentioned a new concept for managing our national forests.

It's called charter forests.

Some environmental groups immediately attacked the idea as a give-away to logging and commercial interests.

But at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, they are willing to entertain the notion.

Charles Niebling is director of policy and land management. He spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis.

As the nation prepares to pays its yearly taxes, some Vermonters have an option not available to the rest of the country.
Since same sex couples in the Green Mountain State now enjoy the same legal rights as married couples, they can now file their taxes together.
Correspondent Chris Bracken reports.

The Department of Labor had a hearing on complaints that several employees of Nashua's International Paper Box Machine Company may have lost portions of their pensions. Worse, the company appears not to have made any Social Security payments since 1998. The company stopped operating last month, but not before the situation was brought to light by a whistleblower - an employee who noticed his 401K contributions were dwindling.

Lisa Peakes talks with Brad Leighton, business writer for the Nashua Telegraph about the story.

It happens every year, not only in New Hampshire, but all across the country. It's something that stirs the emotions of athletes, their schools and their communities. That something is the State High School Basketball Tournament.
NHPR's Sports Correspondent Jim Jeannotte reports.