Distant Dome
Filing Period Kicks Campaigns Into Gear
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Two long serving members of the House said their goodbyes. the longest serving member of the House, Democrat Laura Pantelakos of Portsmouth, and Republican David Welch of Kingston.
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Legislature Defies the Will of the People
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The contrast between the Senate and House was apparent last week, although only the Senate was in session.
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Distant Dome: Cutting Taxes Has Consequences
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Politics today is not policies, ideas and open discussions, but soundbites, promoting the brand and demonizing the opposition.
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Gerrymandering Is Alive and Well in the 603
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You can pass resolutions, express your opinion at public hearings and before legislative committees, birddog the lawmakers making the decisions, but you cannot stop the majority party from giving itself every advantage it can to retain power when it redraws political boundaries.
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Don’t Believe All the Budget Spin
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State (Republican) politicians were falling over each other last week to seize credit for revenue projections for the biennium showing a $283.8 million surplus.
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This Election Year Particularly Problematic for Some Candidates
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This is an election year, but the only race that appears to be drawing a lot of attention is the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate held by Democrat Maggie Hassan.
Chris Sununu
Open-Ended Funding May Pose Problem With School Voucher Law
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The problems with the rules indicate that much more vetting needed to be done on the legislation, which was pushed through last session by including it in the two-year budget package.
Distant Dome
Wild Ride Ahead for N.H. Lawmakers
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The Republican right-wing had a very successful session this year, probably more than even they imagined: the nation’s most expansive school voucher system, an abortion ban and more, influencing public education’s discussions of race and discrimination, reining in the governor’s sweeping emergency powers and “medical freedom” to blunt public health measures during the pandemic.
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Political Landscape Is Not As Pretty As The First Snow
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Although the governor said there is no gerrymandering in New Hampshire when he twice vetoed bills forming independent redistricting commissions, he must not have looked at what is now Executive Council District 2 which also stretches from the southwest corner of the state to the southeast while picking up Democratic strongholds along the way from Keene, to Concord to Dover and Durham.