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We talk with leaders in the House and Senate Education Committees about how they view No Child Left Behind and what needs to happen legislatively in order to comply with it. Laura's guests are State Senator Jane O'Hearn, chair of the Senate Education Committee and State Representative John Alger, Vice Chair of the House Education Committee www.state.nh.us. For more information on NCLB see NHPR's website at www.nhpr.org.

It's getting close to tax time.

And an organization in New Hampshire wants to make sure taxpayers get what's due them.

Some low income families qualify for what's called the earned income tax credit.

But they are not taking advantage of it.

Tammy Bond with Casey Family Services is trying to remedy that problem.

She spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis.

For More Information Contact the Franklin Asset Building Coalition: 934-3315, or go the website for the Casey Family Services: www.caseyfamilyservices.org

It used to be that you could count on the Robin as a sure sign of Spring. But it seems lately that they have been sticking around for the colder months as well. Rosemary explains what may be influencing their choice to stay.

The nation’s new education law, No Child Left Behind, passed with strong bipartisan support a year ago. Senators with ideologies as different as Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy and New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg joined forces to bring more testing, ambitious teaching goals, and more money to the nation’s schools.

But since then, that bipartisan spirit has evaporated and the chief reason is – the money. Democrats say the law is under-funded. Republicans argue that the increases have been more than generous.

Here in New Hampshire, concern over the law’s fiscal consequences has drawn strong reactions from towns, state lawmakers, and educators. It has also drawn a vigorous defense from No Child Left Behind’s chief Republican sponsor, Senator Gregg.

In the last part of our series on the new education law, NHPR’s Jon Greenberg outlines the debate over money and No Child Left Behind.

President Bush gives the State of the Union address Tuesday night. We'll talk about what he says about the situation with Iraq, the war on terrorism, and the economy. We'll also find out about new initiatives he may lay out in his speech. Laura's guests are Republican analyst Tom Rath with the law firm Rath, Young and Pignatelli www.rathlaw.com and Democratic analyst Deborah Arnie Arneson, who can also be heard on WNTK-FM www.wntk.com.