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Report on Teacher Shortages Held Up Over Divisive Concepts Law
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New Hampshire faces a growing problem with an aging workforce, the dearth of affordable housing and child care, and the high cost of higher education.
Energy
Welcome to the Annual Electricity Reliability Freak-Out
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“Electric customers should get used to rolling blackouts every now and again,” said no ratepayer advocate — ever. But if you are (as I am) New Hampshire’s ratepayer advocate, you might be tempted to make such a suggestion
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Distant Dome: Selective Rules Not Good for Democracy
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Today people continue to insist — without any evidence — the 2020 presidential election was a sham and the former guy, Donald Trump, should still be president although 7 million more people voted for current President Joe Biden.
Arts and Entertainment
Madness: A Meditation by John Robinson
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His latest piece appears in the Fall 2023 edition of Chicago Quarterly Review. The CQR is a nonprofit literary journal publishing fiction and nonfiction short stories, poems, and translations.
Feature
Just One of Those Days
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If you have spent any time on the water fly fishing, you’ve had one of those days. If you have spent a lot of time on the water, you probably feel like you have had more than your share of those days.
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How Many Languages Are There Anyway?
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You would think linguists would have a pretty good idea how many languages are spoken in the world. It’s not likely that more than two or three little bands of hunters in small villages have gone unnoticed up to now in the rugged mountains of Papua New Guinea.
Environment & Science
New Hampshire Lags New England in Renewable Energy
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The chair of the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee, Rep. Michael Vose, R-Epping, will introduce a bill in the 2024 session to establish a clean energy portfolio standard that would include nuclear power from Seabrook Station which provides 56 percent of all the electric generation in New Hampshire.
Feature
Plymouth Square Dances Fortify the Spirit for the Coming Winter Months
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As the days shorten and the cold weather brings many inside, square dances and other American folk dance events are popping up across the state, allowing both young and old, experienced and novice to enjoy the music, movement and fun group activity.
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Op-Ed: Reap What You Sow
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As the horrific decimation of Gaza continues, and we recoil from yet another, indiscriminate shooting of innocents in Lewiston, Maine, it is tempting to call it ironic. I think that would be inaccurate and disingenuous