The Exchange

In the race for the U.S. Senate seat, Republican incumbent Senator Kelly Ayotte and her Democratic challenger, Governor Maggie Hassan, weigh in on a host of issues around business and the economy, as well as topics of importance to New Hampshire voters. The Exchange's Laura Knoy, NHPR Senior Political Reporter Josh Rogers, and NHBR Editor Jeff Feingold pose questions at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College. NHPR forum partners are the New Hampshire Business Review and

Founded in the 1830s, the Queen City's Amoskeag Manufacturing Company became an industrial powerhouse of international renown, making Manchester a magnet for immigrant laborers and later, union activism. We're talking with two Granite State historians about this period and its relevance today.

It's a contentious issue in the upcoming election, and in the Granite State, politicians remain strongly divided. New Hampshire still has the lowest minimum in New England, at seven-twenty-five an hour. State leaders remain divided on how to increase wages without harming business and raising prices.

We continue our "Conversations with the Candidates" series with 1st District Congressman Frank Guinta. The Republican from Manchester is running for re-election as a pro-small-business fiscal conservative. Guinta also touts his bi-partisan credentials - on issues such as the heroin epidemic.

We kick off the second season of NHPR's newest show, Outside/In, with a discussion of biological control: using non-native species to combat destructive invasive pests and plants that are decimating a local species. It's the focus of the Outside/In episode titled "Never Bring a Sledgehammer to a Scalpel Fight." This approach to managing invasive species, used by scientists for over a century, has had some spectacular failures, but there have been many success stories as well. We'll look at the

We sit down with Corey Flintoff, longtime NPR Russia Correspondent. Flintoff has returned to the U.S., with tales of his many years reporting overseas. We talk with him about some of the big stories he covered, including Russian aggression in Ukraine, and allegations of Russian meddling in America's presidential election.

Before the final presidential face-off on Wednesday, we evaluate the structure and history of debating, from format to questions to the moderator's role. Also, we look at how debates this election cycle measure up to debates past, and the big question: whether these events actually influence voters.

Our Conversations with the Candidates series continues with Jim Lawrence, Republican contender for the second Congressional district. The first African American nominated by a major party to run for Congress in New Hampshire, Lawrence says he wants to break the political gridlock in Washington and reign in the size and scope of government.

Recent political events cause turbulence down-ballot for New Hampshire candidates. Seventy percent of the drug deaths confirmed in New Hampshire so far this year have been caused by Fentanyl. And work is underway to pipe clean water to homes with wells contaminated by PFOA. We discuss this and other New Hampshire news.

According to a Census Bureau report, household incomes have gone up. Global trade is a hot campaign issue, and we'll look at how it impacts New Hampshire. And JP Morgan Chase plans to move six hundred jobs out of Salem.