Garry Rayno
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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.
COVID-19
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.
Bob Dylan
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.
Chris Sununu
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.
Chris Sununu
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.
COVID-19
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.
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30-Year War Over Education Funding Intensifies
Since that time 30 years ago, there have been numerous court decisions in the case almost every one going against the state and its lawmakers as they sought to find a solution that did not upend the current fiscal system, i.e. reliance on local property taxes.
COVID-19
NH House Ends Ugly Session
The term has been confrontational from the beginning, fueled by social media posts, partisan politics and a collective GOP attempt to halt the majority’s agenda.