Education
‘Summer of 1787,’ a Love Story to the Constitution
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I am tired of the name calling, back-stabbing and vicious personal attacks that the mainstream policy brokers in Congress get away with. Thus, I decided to read a love story.
Business & Economy
NH Law Amended to Restrict Youth Use of Vaping Devices
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Highlighting a growing epidemic among adolescents in New Hampshire, e-cigarettes are now the tobacco product most commonly used by youth in the state.
Education
Advocates Demand Sununu Sign 3 Gun-Limiting Bills
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CONCORD — More than 100 opponents of gun violence gathered at the State House Monday to demand Gov. Chris Sununu sign three bills which they believe would help protect the Granite State from mass gun violence.
Education
Educator To Sununu: Spend Time in NH Classroom and the Dump To Find Supplies
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“We have to fix the way education is funded,” said Megan Tuttle, a former social studies teacher and now president of the National Education Association-New Hampshire chapter, which represents 17,000 public school educators and school workers.
Education
OPINION: Learn Everywhere is latest step in redesigning NH education
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Learn Everywhere has great promise, but I’ve been disappointed by the rancorous debate around a concept that is, largely, the essence of the award-winning reforms made by the State Board and New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) in 2005.
Business & Economy
Controversial Bills Await Governor’s Decision
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The House and Senate finished their legislation session Thursday acting on 31 bills – including one suspending the work requirement for the Medicaid expansion program and another raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour over the next two years.
Business & Economy
Preparing For Sununu’s Veto Ax To Fall on Compromise Budget
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While Democratic leaders and lawmakers believe they have met the governor more than halfway, Sununu said Tuesday the legislature is knowingly sending him a budget “that I cannot support.”
Business & Economy
Dems Give Up Capital Gains and Family Leave, But Sununu Veto Still Looms
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However, the state is not in a fiscal crisis and has had a revenue surplus for the last five or six years and much of that money has been used to reduce business taxes and build up the state’s rainy day fund.
Business & Economy
Lawmakers Roll Up Their Sleeves in Race To Meet Budget Deadline
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Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, D-Manchester, who has been around for these things since 1972 agreed it is the “Super Bowl” of bills that go through the chambers every two years.