Nearly two decades ago, former Gov. Craig Benson welcomed members of the Free State Project into his office and urged them to use New Hampshire as their home base in their quest to influence a small state’s political system and reframe government to their goals.
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Op-Ed: The Day Roe v. Wade Was Overturned
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The day Roe v. Wade was overturned, I held it together until my daughter asked, “Will it always be like this?”
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Sy Montgomery: Encounters with Fierce Beauty
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On a day in May, I arrive at Fiddleheads Café in Hancock, New Hampshire, to meet with naturalist Sy Montgomery and talk about her book, The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty.
Courts & Corrections
Roger Wood Talks Your Right to Know with a Citizen Expert Who Learned the Hard Way
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Laurie Ortolano, a resident of Nashua, is now an expert on state law RSA-91A.
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Radio Free N.H.: The Uncle Gus Rule and Forced Birth Laws
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The Supreme Court opinion that overruled Roe v Wade was a masterpiece of grudge-holding.
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‘Claremont III’ Steve Rand Steps into the Education Breach
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I wanted to speak with someone who came at this from an experiential basis; someone who has lived the disparities on a day-to-day and year-to-year basis. Someone who has seen how the system short-changes our kids and our communities.
Business & Economy
A Sunday Walk in Portsmouth for Multi-Racial Democracy
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When Olivia Zink, Executive Director of Open Democracy, began planning the organization’s eighth annual Seacoast Democracy Walk, she probably had no idea it would attract so much attention.
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Summertime and the Races are Heating Up in N.H.
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So while other states and their citizens may leave politics behind for the next two months, New Hampshire and its residents along with three other states — Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Delaware — have September primaries.
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Roger Wood Asks the Expert About Nonprofit Challenges
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Why do some nonprofit organizations seem to be able to balance their books easily while others have to scramble for every month’s bills?
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Carved in Granite – Jeremy Osgood Breathes Plausible Life into the Chocorua Myth
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In writing a fictional account of the Chocorua story Jeremy Osgood has tackled the unknowable. Taking on the challenge of providing mythical “documentation” where there is none by utilizing the rich history of folklore and myth surrounding the Chocorua story as a tapestry into which he weaves his own version of the myth.