ANDRU VOLINSKY | InDepthNH.org

Op-Ed

The Supreme Court Argument in ConVal-State Wants to Make Claremont Mythical; Court hints at avoiding Judicial Norms.

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | December 18, 2024

The lawyers made their arguments in the ConVal case to a depleted Supreme Court on December 10th. Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald recused himself from the ConVal case (but not from our Rand case) because he was the Attorney General during the first year or so of ConVal. Justice Hantz Marconi is suspended while she fights criminal charges stemming from her speaking to Governor Sununu about an investigation of her husband.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Taxes and Politics, About Time We Had An Honest Discussion About Them

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | December 11, 2024

Taxes are not inherently good or evil. They’re a means to an end; the end being supporting the kind of government we want and expect.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Frank the Dissembler, Edelblut Proposes Another Downshift to Local Property Taxpayers

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | December 4, 2024

Educators, parents, students, taxpayers, people who care about promoting an inclusive democracy beware, Frank Edelblut is at it again pitching vouchers for special education while shifting more state costs to local taxpayers.

Feature

Op-Ed: Post-Election Anxiety and Education Funding Tidbits

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | November 27, 2024

I don’t ask people if they are well anymore. Instead, I ask how they are managing. A lot, and I mean a lot, has changed following the election and a lot more will change soon, not likely for the better.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Children experiencing homelessness have rights to a public education.

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | November 25, 2024

Children who are housing insecure have the right to go to school. In a recent survey, New Hampshire was found to have 3300 children who were housing insecure attending public schools.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Threat to Public School Access for Children of Immigrants

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | November 13, 2024

School children who cannot prove they are legally in the US may soon be threatened with exclusion from public schools.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Tuesday is Election Day. Go Vote.

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | November 4, 2024

Check your state’s Secretary of State office for details on where and how to register and vote.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Good Public Policy Can Make a Difference in Education

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | November 1, 2024

Three accomplishments that Mills championed, and the purple-ish Maine legislature passed, stuck out and offer ideas for NH leaders (and for voters next week who will choose NH leaders).