Article: BOND-RATING AGENCY CAUTIONS STATE

CONCORD - As the House and Senate continue to struggle over a two- year state budget and how to pay a court-mandated school-funding tab of $881 million, another bond rating agency has warned that shirking responsibilities will cost New Hampshire money.

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"We're going to watch to see what they do this session, then we're going to assess what they've done," said Richard Raphael, executive managing director in public finance with the Fitch Inc. bond-rating agency. "This is formally their second go-round so we're looking to see what they do to come up with a long-term solution and package that funds a judicially-mandated requirement in a permanent way as opposed to a piecemeal way."

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