Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Former SNHU President
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InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column.
Open Enrollment Needs to Be Done Right Not Rushed, Committee Told
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A bill that would establish open enrollment in all public schools in the state would be a boom to students and parents, supporters say.
Right-to-Work Bill Passes NH House Committee by One Vote
After a five-hour public hearing with the vast majority opposed to the bill that has been before the legislature many times only to fail, the committee Republicans all favored the bill and the Democrats all opposed it.
Potential Medicaid Changes Another Challenge for NH Budget Writers
A report by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute indicates potential changes to Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program — could cost the state about half a billion dollars in federal money and likely end the Granite Advantage Program, for the state’s working poor.
Speaking of Words: Euphemisms
Take climate change, for example. Frank Luntz, a Republican operative who specializes in misleading phrases, recommended to George W. Bush that his administration use that phrase instead of the more honest global warming.
More Headlines
Sponsors Ask To Withdraw Strict Abortion Bill, Rep. Lynn Says the House Must Decide
Former YDC Staffer Sent To Prison for Role in Child Rape
Earthquake Off Maine Felt in NH; Seabrook Station Reports No Impact
Arts and Entertainment
‘Acres of Clams,’ New Documentary Tells Story of the Clamshell Alliance
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The matter that grabbed headlines was the arrest of 1415 people who had peacefully taken over the construction site of a proposed nuclear power plant in Seabrook.
News
Me and My President: Young Ted Leach Interviews a Young George HW Bush 1980
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The interview was in my office at the Monadnock Ledger in Peterborough. I assume that the discussion revolved around Reagan.
Courts & Corrections
Me and My President The Klugers Meet Joe Biden
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Samuel Kluger on the right and Lee Ann Kluger, his mother, speak with President Biden at WMUR in 2020.
Feature
Me and My President: Geno Marconi and Joe Biden
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Longtime Ports and Harbors Director Geno Marconi is pictured speaking with President Biden as then-U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster and U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, look on.
News
Me and My President: Debora Pignatelli greets President Obama in 2015
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Editor’s note: As the country prepares to inaugurate its 47th president Donald Trump Monday, InDepthNH.org is running photos that our readers send in of them or a family member with a President or candidate who became president
News
Me and My President of the United States
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This picture is of Marilyn G. Singer, late of Concord, N.H, conversing with Candidate Biden in early February, 2020. She was 91 at the time. It was taken at a campaign event in Concord by her daughter, Lyn Lindpaintner.
News
Biden Calls ERA Law of the Land, NH Democrats Applaud
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On one of his last days in office, President Joe Biden affirmed that the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, marking an important milestone in adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
Courts & Corrections
Convicted Killer Armando Barron Wants New Trial
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Convicted of murdering Keene man Jonathan Amerault and then forcing his wife to decapitate the corpse, Armando Barron wants a new trial because one of the trial jurors did not understand the term “reasonable doubt.”
New Court Rules Affect Education Funding Lawsuit and Judges Disciplined for Misconduct
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A new state Supreme Court rule that took effect Jan. 1 lays out how the court must handle any appeals of decisions involving a justice who is disciplined for misconduct.
News
AG Files Civil Rights Action Against Man Over ‘Goffstown Pride’ Sign
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Attorney General John M. Formella announces the initiation of an enforcement action by the New Hampshire Department of Justice Civil Rights Unit against Frank Hobbs, Jr., 56, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, alleging violations of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: A new governor sets her agenda. Sort of.
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With all of the uncertainty swirling about education in NH as a result of school funding lawsuits and cretinous efforts to micro-manage what is taught in schools and who can use which bathroom, Governor Ayotte’s leading new policy announcement was (drumroll) to ban cellphones in schools. Republicans cheered.
News
Free Staters Call on Trump To Free Ian Freeman of Keene From Prison
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New Hampshire Free Staters who are supporters of the man they see as Bitcoin pioneer Ian Freeman, 44, of Keene, are calling on President-elect Donald Trump to free him from federal prison.
News
New Governor Sits Down with Press Discussing Budget, Getting Tough On Drug Dealers
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte held her first press conference with state media Wednesday in her freshly painted office in the State House and discussed budget preparations to be announced in February, law enforcement related bills and her focus, much of which was laid out in her inaugural address.
News
New Executive Council Gets To Work Scrutinizing Ways To Save Money
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A number of contracts got tabled for more questions to be answered in the days to come by commissioners who should expect more of a look under the hood from the incoming councilors.
Feature
Buyer Beware, Electricity Customers!
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Circle February 1 on your calendar if you are an electricity customer in New Hampshire. The price of electricity is changing and many Granite Staters risk losing out on the best possible price. Beware!
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Home Educator Opposes Education Freedom Account Program
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As a New Hampshire citizen/taxpayer, and as a past home education parent who did not seek or receive any voucher, tax credit, or other taxpayer funding during our homeschool years, I find the ongoing debate about expansion of New Hampshire’s EFA (Education Freedom Account) program particularly fun to follow.
Courts & Corrections
Chief Justice Denies Telling Hantz Marconi It Was OK To Meet With Sununu About Husband’s Investigation
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State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald says he never spoke with Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi about whether she should meet with then-Gov. Chris Sununu about a criminal investigation involving her husband, Geno Marconi, the state director of the Division of Ports and Harbors.
Business & Economy
New Hampshire Not Alone in Potential Budget Shortfall
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New Hampshire is not alone in facing budget cuts, increased taxes or tapping its rainy day fund in the next few years to balance its financial books.
News
Fatal Crashes Prompt Lawmaker To Introduce Bill To Increase Speeding Fines
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Two fatal crashes have been reported in as many days on state roads after a year that saw markedly increased deaths among those under the age of 21.