Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The unthinkable – an income tax in NH – is thinkable.
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Of course, my readership is biased towards fixing a very broken system in real and substantial ways. I get it. You read me for a reason. However, the responses were encouraging.
Education
Op-Ed: NH’s Minimum Wage is a Tragedy
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NH’s minimum wage matches the federal level which is $7.25 an hour ($15,500 annually if one works 2000 hours). NH is the only state in New England that still uses $7.25 as its minimum wage. Only fourteen other states join NH in this scrimiest of the scrimy status.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: A Constitutional Right To State-Funded Public Education
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This post will be brief but it’s in response to the Free-Staters/Republicans (and maybe some newer justices and a governor or two) who cannot see that the drafters of our state constitution intended to recognize a right to a state-funded public education.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Manchester (NH) School Funding Woes, Some of Which are Self-Inflicted
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Half a dozen or so school districts have recently failed financially in NH. Manchester is not far behind.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Claremont’s Finances Are Dire, NH To Fund Public Schools with Go-Fund-Me
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The Claremont School District was the lead plaintiff in the historic case that resulted in the NH Supreme Court’s recognition of a constitutional right to a state-funded quality education and a finding that NH’s system of funding schools was unconstitutional.
Education
Op-Ed: Rand Decision Finds State Funding Deficient
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The state of NH spent millions of dollars to defend the ConVal and Rand lawsuits. They paid private lawyers from St. Louis. They assigned at least three lawyers from the NH Department of Justice. The state sent money to the Heritage Foundation’s Dr. Greene and his disciple Dr. Shuls. Paid staff from the DRA and DOE worked with the state’s legal team.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Columbia University Has Completely Capitulated to Trump and His Thugs
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“The IHRA definition deliberately, mendaciously and disingenuously conflates Jewishness with Israel, so that any criticism of Israel, or indeed description of Israeli policies, becomes a criticism of Jews.”
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Behind the ‘Bake Sale’ Education Story
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Thanks also to the World Fellowship Center and its protector, Willard Uphaus
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Right to be Left Alone v. The Right to Abuse Your Kid
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States regulate the hours and conditions of child labor. Federal legislation focuses on hazardous jobs.