Distant Dome

Garry Rayno

Garry Rayno’s Distant Dome runs exclusively on Manchester Ink Link and InDepthNH.org, where Rayno will explore a broader perspective on State House – and state – happenings. Over his three-decade career Rayno has closely covered the NH State House for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Foster’s Daily Democrat, and his coverage spanned the news spectrum, from local planning, school and select boards, to national issues such as electric industry deregulation and Presidential primaries. He is former editor of The Hillsboro Messenger and Assistant Editor of The Argus-Champion. Rayno graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a BA in English Literature and lives with his wife Carolyn in New London.

Co-production between InDepthNH and Manchester In Link

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COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives Too Late for 600 NH Residents

House Speaker Dick Hinch of Merrimack was one of the 40 people COVID-19 claimed last week. He had been House Speaker one week before the disease killed him.

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Regional COVID-19 Numbers Paint Worrisome Picture

While northern New England largely escaped the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, it has not been so lucky in the second wave.

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Session To Kick Off Amid Lots of Unknowns as COVID-19 Cases Spike

Optimism and endless possibilities usually greet Organization Day when the new legislature is sworn in and determines its leaders and constitutional officers.

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Mask Mandate Helps, But More Needed

New Hampshire faces a dark winter of exploding COVID-19 cases, and increased hospitalizations and deaths until a vaccine is available to all residents.

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Two Are Gone Who Reflect the Best of Service

More than half a century ago, Bob Dylan wrote, “The Times They Are A Changing” and as you grow older the changes keep coming, but they are more sad than exciting.

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Elections Do Have Consequences and They Will Be Striking

During the next two years, supporters of paid family and medical leave should not hold out hope GOP lawmakers will miraculously change their mind and pass it.

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The Strangest Election Season Is Almost Over

The Attorney General’s Office told election officials last week, while guns could not be banned from polling places including in schools, where a federal law prohibits firearms, voter intimidation will not be tolerated.

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Part 3A: The Politics of the Pandemic for the Elderly

An old adage for the New Hampshire Legislature is every two years lawmakers decide whether to take care of the elderly or the young, because the state cannot take care of both.

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COVID-19 On The Rise Again, Are We Ready?

Last week was also telling as Health and Human Services released a warning to patrons of Fat Katz Food and Drink in Hudson about potential exposure to the virus and said the Attorney General was investigating the business for violating state food service guidance.

The 2020 Election Infected by the Coronavirus

The President talks about gun rights, raising taxes and destroying the economy if Democrats are elected, but offers no proof any of it will happen.