Garry Rayno
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GOP Agenda Takes a Big Hit in the House
After last year’s kumbaya session with its bipartisan budget, and congratulations all around, the 2024 session began ugly with the war on trans youth and stayed that way until almost the very end.
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Distant Dome: NH’s May Revenues Paint a Gloomy Picture for the Future
But both those hanging up their legislative pins and those who hope to return cannot be overjoyed about the financial picture for the state heading into the 2025 fiscal year that begins July 1.
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Distant Dome: It’s Hard to Keep a Straight Face Sometimes
You could call it hypocrisy instead of misinformation, but no one can deny the federal money flowing into the states due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the infrastructure act has been extraordinary over the past couple of years.
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Transitioning to Renewable Energy Will Be Tricky in NH
Today in New England the vast majority of electricity is generated by burning natural gas, while far less harmful than coal or oil, it is a fossil fuel and a global hot commodity, especially liquified natural gas which New England relies on to produce electricity in the winter when most of the natural gas supplies are allocated for home heating.
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Polka Dots Ward Off Evil Spirits
And, dear Musers, if there were a pattern exemplifying this spirit of joy, I’d go with polka dots.
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Distant Dome: 603 Hysteria in Legislature This Week
You could almost believe The 603 was akin to The Old Man of the Mountain, the New Hampshire Presidential Primary or “Live Free or Die,” instead of an area code for making telephone calls.
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Distant Dome: Education Freedom Account Expansion May Be Determined This Week
This week may tell what the fate of expanding the Education Freedom Account program will be.
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Distant Dome: Education Priorities Upside Down in Legislature
From the new proposed rules for education minimum standards to alternative education opportunities, the state legislature and the executive branch appear to have their priorities upside down.
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Distant Dome: Lawmakers May Need to Face the Budget Music
Or they may ignore the quagmire of picking winners and losers with an election looming and leave the mess to the next legislature to clean up.
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What Is Your Legislature Doing?
Most of the attention will be on the presidential race and the two open races in New Hampshire for governor and the 2nd Congressional District, but what will have a far greater effect on your life will be who are the members elected to the New Hampshire House and Senate.