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.
Feature
Women’s Day: Another Occasion for Protest
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Participants chanted with purpose, waved their mostly homemade signs at passing motorists, and cheered when drivers honked or gave them thumbs up.
News
Sticking Together for Federal Workers
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When Dave Boucher, a Transportation Safety Officer at Manchester Airport since 2002, received the first Office of Personnel Management memo telling him to produce a list of five accomplishments within about 48 hours, he considered the order badly thought out.
Education
Education Freedom Account Program Projected to Grow to 12,000 Students in Two Years
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The Education Freedom Account program would increase about 50 percent in the second year of the next biennium if the parent salary cap is eliminated according to the person administering the program.
Health & Mental Health
NH DHHS: One Adult Identified In Manchester With TB
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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Manchester Health Department (MHD) have identified an adult who was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) who spent time in a homeless shelter and a community organization in Manchester, New Hampshire while infectious.
Education
State is looking for a new parks director
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Despite a hiring freeze in state government, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said this week she will fill a recent vacancy as director of state parks.