Garry Rayno
Now Is the Time To Tell Lawmakers What You Want Them To Do
The next six weeks are New Hampshire residents’ best opportunity to influence the state, its policies and priorities for the next two years.
Distant Dome: Not the Time To End Mask Mandate
According to tracking done by the New York Times of every state in the country, in New Hampshire, new cases have increased at a rate of 11 percent over the last 14 days, hospitalizations have increased 43 percent and deaths have decreased by 1 percent.
Proposed State Budget Now in Senate’s Court, Who’ll Win the Culture War?
House budget writers tried to thread a needle with their plan: include enough culture war and spending cuts to draw enough from the very conservative wing of the GOP House members without losing the half dozen moderate Republicans who remain in their caucus.
The House’s Own March Madness Begins
While some issues draw bigger crowds to public hearings like right-to-work, abortion restrictions and gun control, the budget ostensively adopted by the legislature and governor in June affects far more people and it affects them personally.
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NH Doing It On The Cheap Has Its Costs
A former National Education Association-NH lobbyist once told me “Never underestimate the New Hampshire Legislature’s proclivity to be cheap.”
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Redistricting Is Partisan Politics and Always Will Be
Elections have consequences and Democrats are about to receive a difficult reminder of how impactful the repercussions can be.
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Shared Truth Is Needed Now To Drive COVID-19 Recovery
In light of the last few years, culminating in the insurrection that attempted to overturn the general election results, many people wonder what can be done to curb misinformation that explodes like a geyser and infects the masses.
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What Is The Rush To Merge Higher Education in NH?
Later we learned the board would begin governing the two systems July 1 and the members would need Governor and Executive Council approval.
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Is It Rules or the Power of the Majority?
The source of the problem was how the Republican leadership handled COVID-19 exposure at its caucus at McIntyre Ski Area in Manchester, where at least four, probably more members contracted COVID, but the leadership kept that a secret until the news broke just before Organization Day.
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Sununu’s Budget Plan Puts State’s Best Foot Forward
Most governors put their budgets together with chewing gum and baling wire. Reality hits when the House Finance Committee begins its work on the more than 1,300-page budget document.