Education
NAACP Scholarships Are Now Open
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Through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives, we’re offering a variety of scholarship opportunities to help students pursue their academic and career goals.
Education
Measles on the rise. Protect self, community with vaccination: Dartmouth Health
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A highly contagious infectious disease, measles can cause serious complications like pneumonia, ulcers and scarring on the cornea, seizures, blindness, and encephalitis which can lead to permanent brain damage and, in some cases, death.
Business & Economy
Lottery Commissioner Sees Increased Revenue from Border Casinos Opening, Expanding
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It’s a good bet there will be changes and possibly new revenues coming from and to charity casinos after a gangbuster report of the opening of The Nash casino this past week by the state lottery commissioner.
Business & Economy
Town Meeting Time: Taxes, housing and ambulance costs
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During the next few weeks, citizens throughout the state will begin heading to the polls, town halls and schools to make decisions about how their community will be organized and operate over the next year.
News
Library Wars: Local Elections, the ‘Right to Read’ and Budget Battles
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The culture wars have come for several public libraries in New Hampshire, turning elections for library trustee into referendums on censorship, parental rights, budget cuts and membership in the American Library Association (ALA).
News
Voting Rights Supporters Mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ Anniversary
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The 75 people who set off from a West Manchester church early Sunday afternoon knew they weren’t going to be met by police violence on the Granite Street bridge.
News
On Harriet Tubman Day, Shaheen Reintroduces Landmark Legislation to Put Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill
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On Monday, on Harriet Tubman Day, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) renewed her decade-long push to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill by introducing the Harriet Tubman Tribute Act.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Protect North Country Towns and Industries by Passing HB 123
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There is a new government-promoted industry that is threatening New Hampshire’s timber industry, loggers, timber processors, and heavily timbered towns that depend on timber tax revenues.
Politics
Distant Dome: Watch Closely or Your Property Taxes Will Increase
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Declining revenues particularly business taxes is a considerable problem and coupled with the loss of federal COVID aid with its secondary boost to revenues, and potential changes coming from the Washington D.C. in some key state programs like Medicaid, as well as slashing higher education grants and the picture is pretty bleak.