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With the State Board of Education expected to vote Thursday on using controversial PragerU’s financial curriculum for its Learn Everywhere program, the Attorney General said he has reviewed concerns raised by Cinde Warmington about its name and branding and has determined “no further action is warranted.”
On a quiet overlook of the magnificent Cherry Pond, framed by the rocky Northern Presidential Range, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, met Friday afternoon with local conservation leaders to discuss legislation she hopes will bind and strengthen their collective efforts within the 7.2 million acre Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, of which the meeting location is a part.
Attorney General John Formella is considering what to do next about Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington’s request that he investigate PragerU, the company that applied to sell the state an online financial literacy course for students.
Between 2018 and 2021, NuDay made over 100 shipments to Syria, a country that was subject to sanctions and export restrictions.
Moon, Pinard, and Ricker all filed civil lawsuits against the state under Jane Doe pseudonyms, but have decided to drop their anonymity because of the man they say raped them.
Saying he has made mistakes in his personal life for which he is sorry and has grown, David J. “D.J.” Bettencourt of Salem said he is “humbled by the trust and confidence of the governor” in being nominated the state’s next Commissioner of Insurance at a public hearing Wednesday.
Funding of $11,969,000 in the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was awarded to Grafton County to develop a 222-mile fiber optic cable that will provide surrounding communities with faster and dependable high-speed internet.
State revenues for August are slightly above target, but business taxes, the driver of revenue surpluses the past few years, are below estimates as were all the state’s major revenue producers.
Claiming they may be involved in deceptive trade practices, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington went after PragerU at Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting calling for an investigation by Attorney General John Formella.