On Message
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Anti-Trump Protests Escalate in Wake of LA Troop Deployment
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With President Trump militarizing the federal government’s response to dissent against his administration’s policies, organizers say more than 1800 protests will take place nationwide next weekend, including some two dozen in New Hampshire.
Walk for Hope: Solinsky Center for Cancer Care at The Elliot, This Time It Was Personal
That changed dramatically when I was diagnosed with three cancers, and suddenly, the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care became my lifeline.
Distant Dome: Willfully and Knowingly Making a Mess of Public Education
If you watched the House session Thursday, you had to realize the message the Republican majority is sending on public education.
Op-Ed: Who are New Hampshire Republicans: Are they the company they keep?
“Well, we all are going to die” is the tone deaf quip Sen. Ernst had to offer last
week, in response to a constituent who expressed concern over how the
devastating cuts to Medicaid in the GOP budget plan will cause people to perish.
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Gov. Ayotte Signs 19 Bills Into Law; Vetoes One
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
Environment & Science
Judge’s Ruling Paves Way for Construction To Begin on Seacoast Powerline Project
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CLF sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and project developer Eversource trying to halt the $84 million, 13-mile transmission line from Madbury to Portsmouth.
Education
OP-ED: 2-Year Tuition Freeze at NH Community Colleges Highlights Opportunities
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The state budget recently signed into law enables all seven of New Hampshire’s community colleges to freeze tuition for two academic years.
News
Michael Bennet to attend candidate forum in Portsmouth
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U.S. Senator Michael Bennet will be the next presidential candidate to participate in a presidential candidate forum on the health and growth of the U.S. economy.
Health & Mental Health
DHHS’s Meyers to Pursue Opportunities in Private Sector
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“After spending the past 13 years in state government as legal counsel to the state senate, legal counsel to Governor John H. Lynch, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at DHHS, and most recently as commissioner, I wish to seek out new opportunities in the private sector,” Meyers said.
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NH Needs a School Bus Full of Julie Browns
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Julie Brown of Rochester represented what our founders envisioned in creating a legislature of common citizens, a good public servant with passion, empathy, compassion and the common sense to balance competing needs.
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Gotta Love That Pemigewasset River
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Reed no sooner put his fly in the water when a big Brown Trout grabbed his ant and headed down stream. Line was screaming out from the reel and off he ran down river.
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Reciting the Hail Mary in Under 10 Seconds
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Today I muse joyfully that I purchased that kneeler and celebrate the transformation of brown to periwinkle blue, on pleather to polka dots, on the transformative brilliance of prayer.
Featured in Category
Potential Impacts of Proposed SNAP Eligibility and Work Requirement Changes
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About one in eight children across New Hampshire benefit from SNAP, and 73,959 individuals were enrolled as of August 2019.
Featured in Category
Sen. Feltes Demands Unsealing Records of Glenn Normandeau’s Ouster
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Also on Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu said it was the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission’s call to oust its long-time executive director, not his.
Education
‘Textbook-free’ course now at Nashua Community College, more in the fall
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The cost for the English 101 textbook dropped from $118.25 to $0.
Health & Mental Health
Judge To Rule Soon on Future of Seacoast Powerline Project
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The project has been controversial on a number of fronts, but mainly that it will be buried in Little Bay, a fragile estuary that local towns have been working to clean up for years and spending millions in the process.
Environment & Science
Normandeau Blasts Fish and Game Commission for Secret Vote Against Him
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Chairman Robert “Moose” Phillipson of Cheshire County, said: “We were requested by the governor to not say anything to you until it was done. The actual decision was made between you and the governor.”
Courts & Corrections
Prescott Asks Democratic Councilors To Reconsider AG MacDonald as Chief Justice
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If at least one Democratic councilor is willing to change his or her vote, MacDonald’s name could be brought forward for a new vote, Councilor Russell Prescott said.
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Swamping The Drain
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C. See more of Mike Marland’s NH politics webcomic here.
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‘Why the Future of News Matters With Gloria Norris’ Nov. 12 in Manchester
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Our panel ACLU-NH’s Gilles Bissonnette, Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky, First Amendment Attorney Rick Gagliuso and InDepthNH.org founder Nancy West discuss why a vibrant press makes for great democracy.
Health & Mental Health
Residential Care Facility Worker Found Guilty of Simple Assault
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Additionally, the jury found the man not guilty of sexual assault and abuse of facility patient based upon the same conduct.
Featured in Category
NH DHHS Reports First Vaping-Related Lung Injury
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The individual was an adult from Sullivan County, who developed respiratory symptoms and had chest imaging showing evidence of lung injury, consistent with other cases reported nationally.
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Radical Centrist: Can the Senate Save itself and the Country?
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Podcast: Radical Centrist Wayne D. King interviews Ira Shapiro.