Op-Ed
Distant Dome: Willfully and Knowingly Making a Mess of Public Education
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If you watched the House session Thursday, you had to realize the message the Republican majority is sending on public education.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Who are New Hampshire Republicans: Are they the company they keep?
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“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.
Business & Economy
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
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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.
Business & Economy
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
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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
Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House
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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.
Business & Economy
NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
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Refusing to bend to any of the amendments brought by Democrats, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a $15.7 billion budget Thursday which is bound to head to negotiations with the House of Representatives.
Business & Economy
Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
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Two identical parental rights bills are headed to the governor for her expected signature after votes in the House and Senate Thursday.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hope Makris, Matriarch of the NASWA Resort Family
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.