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Sen. Shaheen: “Our responsibility is clear, we have a duty to come together, Senators of both parties, to defend the independence of the Justice Department and the FBI.”
Straight Talk: The New Hampshire House was called back into session last week by our new-but-nonetheless- experienced Speaker, Rep. Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett). Chandler is not new to the job, having wielded the gavel for four years at the turn of the century.
Freedom New Hampshire is sponsoring a forum, Ask a Trans Person Anything. It will take place at Teatotallers Cafe, in Somersworth on Thursday.
InDepthNH.org’s Roger Wood interviews Matt Simon, the head of the Marijuana Policy Project, about Tuesday morning’s vote 207 to 139 to legalize recreational use of marijuana in New Hampshire.
Martin Luther King: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
For years gridlock has been the norm in Washington, with Republicans controlling Congress and Democrats the White House, while both sides complain nothing was accomplished.
President Trump: “Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action.”
‘Had the Council ultimately voted in favor of toll increases, I would have negated their vote. Dragging this process out is not productive. As such, I will not allow this toll increase to move forward. I was sent to Concord to fight for the working men and women of New Hampshire, and that is what I am doing,” Sununu said.
Allowing raw totals to count in the Iowa caucuses would put the state on a collision course with New Hampshire and its first-in-the-nation primary, according to the former head of the Iowa Democratic party.