Garry Rayno
Distant Dome
Distant Dome: Lying Distorts Today’s Politics
When I “retired” from covering the State House six years ago, a young reporter asked me what had been the biggest change since 1990 when I first was there.
COVID
While Some Say Pandemic Over, State Prepares for Another Surge
Although many political leaders from the president to the governor want the perception to be that daily life is approaching what it was before the pandemic began, their actions say something else.
Adolphe Bernotas
‘Climate Refugee’ Adolphe Bernotas Copes With Ian Aftermath in North Port, Fla.
Now that the roof is covered with the familiar blue tarp, we can sleep in our home undisturbed by indoor rain.
Business & Economy
Campaign Rhetoric Heats Up With Darker Side As Voting Approaches
But there is a darker side to this period as well as campaigns and their brain trusts will do anything to bring their candidate over the finish line first.
Business & Economy
Checklist Purge Removes Almost 250,000 N.H. Voters
Figures released after the state primary election by the Secretary of State’s Office indicate that almost one-quarter of a million voters have been removed from checklists across the state since the 2020 general election.
Feature
Looking Ahead To the New General Court
With Veto Day two days after the state primary election, a number of lawmakers attending Thursday’s final session of the 2021-2022 term will not be back for many reasons, including being voted out in primary.
Business & Economy
Education Freedom Account Program Needs More Honesty
It is time for a little honesty about the state’s new Education Freedom Account program and who is benefitting from the use of the state’s tax dollars.
Ann McLane Kuster
Outside Money Tries To Influence Federal Elections in N.H.
Retail politics is still practiced with a passion in the Granite State, but it pales in effectiveness to the millions of dollars poured into our purple state to influence outcomes.
States Given Greater Power So Know Who You’re Electing
Because of events during the past two years, involving every branch of the federal government, states have a far greater say in some of the most controversial issues facing the country and the state, from abortion to gun control and how taxpayers’ education dollars are spent.
State’s Education Funding System Is a Mess
The problem with taxes is most people do not know how they work.