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Op-Ed: Gov. Ayotte Mistaken About Nuclear Power  

By Dr. Peter Somssich, Doug Bogen and Roger Stephenson | April 14, 2026

    Governor Ayotte is advocating for more nuclear power in New Hampshire, suggesting that doing so would lower electricity rates.  However, customers pay bills not rates.

Op-Ed

New Hampshire’s Books Are Clean—But the Truth Isn’t: The State’s Finances Are Slipping

By David Preece | April 13, 2026

By Rep. David Preece, D-Manchester

New Hampshire’s latest financial report tells two very different stories. On paper, the State of New Hampshire received a clean audit for Fiscal Year 2025. Everything is accounted for. The numbers add up. The books are “accurate.”

But accuracy is not the same as stability.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Gov. Ayotte Got the Eye Surgery Bill Right

By Jennifer Nunez | April 6, 2026

When it comes to something as precious and irreplaceable as eyesight, there is no room for uncertainty, no room for shortcuts, and no room for error.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Claremont in the Crosshairs: Can the NH Supreme Court Survive?

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | March 25, 2026

Should you trust justices who worked for years to overturn the constitutional principles established in NH’s School Funding Cases to now sit “impartially” in judgment on those same principles?

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The ‘Final Solution’ Comment…and the Silence That Followed

By Rep. ANITA BURROUGHS | March 25, 2026

Recently, Rep. Travis Corcoran (R-Weare) made statewide news, but not in a good way. He posted on X: “We need a final solution for theater kids in politics,” in response to an invitation to a legislative karaoke night hosted by Rep. Jessica Grill, who is Jewish.

Environment & Science

Distant Dome: Who is Being Served?

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | March 21, 2026

There was one prominent group opposing both bills, the Koch Foundation’s Americans for Prosperity, and following its lead, the Free Stater jihad led by House Majority Leader Jason Osborne.

Op-Ed

Distant Dome: A Dark Time For the State

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | March 14, 2026

The political climate in New Hampshire took a dark turn this month as lawmakers were in the middle of the last year of the current two-year term.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Contract Circus No New Hampshire Town Asked For

By TODD SELIG | March 11, 2026

HB 1704 would turn every town hall in New Hampshire into a contract circus. Those of us who run local government day?to?day – town and city managers, select boards, councils, aldermen – are not exactly known as automatic allies of organized labor.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The 3-3 Tax Savings Plan – It’s About Affordability

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | March 11, 2026

The Free State Republican/Libertarian in charge of our state responded to the 3-3 Tax Savings Plan with a death threat against me and a denial of service attack against our website (still being investigated).

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