Garry Rayno
News
Distant Dome: The Last Election Could Impact Your Personal Health
“Elections have consequences,” is an old adage and the last general election may be one of the most consequential in many years, both in New Hampshire and nationally.
Business & Economy
Distant Dome: Tax Cuts Take Their Toll on Next State Budget
In broad terms, the very people who had to make the decisions for the draconian cuts in the proposed budget are the ones who helped put the committee in its awkward position.
Business & Economy
Distant Dome: What Has Become of Laissez Faire New Hampshire?
Before the turn of the Century and even a little into this one New Hampshire’s motto was the same as it is today, Live Free or Die, but a slight tweak would better describe Granite Staters’ prevailing attitude as Live and Let Live.
Distant Dome: New Ethics Law Mandates Recusals
When they write laws, which legislators do, are those scribes of statutes benefiting from what they write?
Politics
Distant Dome: Watch Closely or Your Property Taxes Will Increase
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.
Distant Dome: Outside Group Checking In on Voucher
In the next week or two, the fate of the expansion of the Education Freedom Account program will come into focus.
Distant Dome: Who Does the New Hampshire Legislature Represent?
The New Hampshire Legislature is the third largest governing body in the world.
Many use that to say it is also one of the most representative bodies in the world, but is that true?
Business & Economy
Distant Dome: History Repeats on Sununu Budget Transition
Irony may not be quite the word, but for people who were around nearly 40 years ago and remember another gubernatorial transition involving a Sununu, the current transition from his son to Gov. Kelly Ayotte had an eerily similar echo.
Distant Dome: Another Side to Vouchers and Learning
Edelblut noted the state is doing better than the nation as a whole returning kids to academic levels before the pandemic hit and set learning back considerably as remote learning replaced in-person learning and family members became each other’s only social interaction for months.
Op-Ed
Distant Dome: Lots of Options for Education Funding Changes
The 2025 session of the New Hampshire legislature began with a number of hot button issues that have garnered headlines from universal Education Freedom Accounts to restricting abortion rights.