Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Two Gifts-The Story of a Small Town Fighting Back and An Ode to Joy
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Have I told you the story of Croydon, NH? It’s an example of how people, working together, can make a difference at the local level.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Garry Rayno Speaks About 2025’s State House
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Thirty years ago Republicans had long controlled state government until Jeanne Shaheen and other Democrats helped make NH a two-party state in the latter part of the 20th Century.
Op-Ed
The Imperial PUC Takes on Net Metering, Again
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Utility regulation in New Hampshire is broken. Exhibit A for that proposition is the endless squabbling at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over net metering.
Op-Ed
The Supreme Court Argument in ConVal-State Wants to Make Claremont Mythical; Court hints at avoiding Judicial Norms.
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The lawyers made their arguments in the ConVal case to a depleted Supreme Court on December 10th. Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald recused himself from the ConVal case (but not from our Rand case) because he was the Attorney General during the first year or so of ConVal. Justice Hantz Marconi is suspended while she fights criminal charges stemming from her speaking to Governor Sununu about an investigation of her husband.
Environment & Science
Op-Ed: NH Leaders Must Pull Together To Fight Climate Change
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Planning and designing a bridge for climate change is a good thing; the question for our elected officials is, Why Stop There? Sea level rise won’t stop at the bridge.
Environment & Science
Distant Dome: State Revenue Shortfall Bodes Ill for State Budget
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The early turmoil in the Republican House caucus over the Majority Leader’s position does not bode well for what lies ahead for the GOP majority in the upcoming session.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Taxes and Politics, About Time We Had An Honest Discussion About Them
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Taxes are not inherently good or evil. They’re a means to an end; the end being supporting the kind of government we want and expect.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Frank the Dissembler, Edelblut Proposes Another Downshift to Local Property Taxpayers
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Educators, parents, students, taxpayers, people who care about promoting an inclusive democracy beware, Frank Edelblut is at it again pitching vouchers for special education while shifting more state costs to local taxpayers.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Children experiencing homelessness have rights to a public education.
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Children who are housing insecure have the right to go to school. In a recent survey, New Hampshire was found to have 3300 children who were housing insecure attending public schools.