Energy
Dithering Over Default Energy Service
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Electric consumers are on default service if they do not – as 81 percent of Eversource customers don’t – exercise their right to buy power from a non-utility supplier.
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
A measure to impose a moratorium on creating any new carbon sequestration forest farms in the state and the formation of a study committee on the impacts to the municipal timber tax revenue is more likely to pass into law after Littleton Republican Sen. David Rochefort got his colleagues to include it in a non-related parental rights bill.
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
The House made it more difficult to vote by absentee ballot passing several bills that will require more information to vote in absentia Thursday.
Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House
The House once again voted to expand the Education Freedom Account program, opening it to any New Hampshire child regardless of his or her parents’ income.
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NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hope Makris, Matriarch of the NASWA Resort Family
News
Grassie Wins Ward 4 Rochester House Seat in Special Election
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Democrat Chuck Grassie won the Ward 4 Rochester special election Tuesday with 568 votes over Republican David Walkers 451, according to the official results for Strafford District 8 House of Representatives seat.
News
Franklin Police Union Votes No Confidence in Chief David Goldstein
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The Franklin Police Patrolman’s Association has issued a statement of no confidence against Police Chief David Goldstein saying his “absentee leadership has led to retaliatory and unjust treatment of union members.”
Education
Education Freedom Account Program Under Scrutiny By House Committee
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The state’s Education Freedom Account program and whether it should be expanded or reined in was an all-day topic over seven bills Tuesday before the House Education Committee.
Business & Economy
Siting New Landfills Near Waterbodies Debated, DES Wants More Study
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Bills to limit the construction of new landfills away from water bodies were opposed by the state Department of Environmental Services, which instead favors further study, which is included in several Senate bills.
News
AG Corrects: Rochester Ward 4 Special Election is Today Until 7 p.m.
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In today’s edition, the Foster’s Daily Democrat newspaper incorrectly printed that the election would occur next week. That information is incorrect.
Education
State Board of Education adopts Innovation Schools rule
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Upon the designation of an innovation school or school zone, the State Board of Education may then waive compliance with a certain administrative rule specified in the local district plan, with the exception of any requirement of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
Courts & Corrections
AG Investigating Hate Message Vandalism in Portsmouth
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PORTSMOUTH – At least 10 instances of Swastikas and other messages being drawn on properties around Portsmouth with red spray paint, including on a Jewish Synagogue, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning in the downtown area are being investigated.
News
UNH Survey Center Poll: Sununu Most Popular Statewide Elected Official
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DURHAM, NH – As New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu reportedly weighs whether to seek the Republican nomination for President, two-thirds of Granite Staters approve of his job performance.
Courts & Corrections
AG: Inmate Homicide Caused By Blunt Impact Head, Neck Injuries
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The inmate who died after being assaulted by another inmate Feb. 13 was the victim of homicide, but the state isn’t releasing the name of the inmate suspected of killing James Dale.
Feature
Radio Free New Hampshire: Blame Loeb for the Last Time N.H. Almost Lost the Primary
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There are people alive today, even in Manchester, who don’t remember William Loeb. I am not one of them
Celebrating Pets
Moose’s Pals: More NH Friends are Waiting to be Adopted
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Welcome to this edition of Moose’s Pals, a column devoted to pets that are available for adoption at local animal shelters.
Feature
‘Who Owns the Wind? Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy’
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David McDermott Hughes is a Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University in New Jersey. His book “Who Owns the Wind?: Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy,” is one of the most important books of the past five years addressing the existential crisis of climate change.
Education
Unionized Dartmouth College Students Win $21 Wage
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Thirteen months after student dining hall workers at Dartmouth College formed a union to win improvements in pay and working conditions, the Student Workers Collective at Dartmouth (SWCD) has won an agreement with the college that includes a $21 an hour base wage.
Feature
Move Those Muscles, and Yes, Eating Chocolate Counts
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Shakespeare once wrote, “Action is eloquence.” It’s from his play, Coriolanus, a play I’ve never read nor seen performed. But I muse joyfully on this quote as it’s so hopeful, persuasive, true to the adage, “Change your mind, move a muscle.”
Feature
Fly Fishing and OnLine Forums Plus Some Sage Advice
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Growing up, if you wanted to find some fly fishing information, you either bought a copy of Field and Stream or you watched Gadabout Gaddis on television. Gadabout would travel to some iconic fly fishing spots with friends, and famous people.
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Perkins Kwoka and Moms Rising Talk Family Matters With Roger Wood
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Rebecca Perkins Kwoka currently serves in the NH State Senate, after making history last year as the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to the legislative body.
Feature
Ed Dupont Served the State Well
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Some lawmakers spend decades at the State House, do a good job for their constituents but do not really leave a mark on the state’s legacy.
News
Manchester Police Release Names of 2 Supervisors Who Received Racist Meme
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Black Lives Matter Manchester and the ACLU of New Hampshire today gave the following statement after the names of two police supervisors were released and unredacted in an investigatory report.
Free State Founder Running For Amherst Planning Board Amid Anti-Free Stater Sentiment
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The founder of the Free State Project that convinced thousands of like-minded politically active libertarians to move to New Hampshire is running for planning board in Amherst, and left his position at Saint Anselm College for a libertarian think tank.