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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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.

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Housing Crisis Caught in Battle Between State and Local Control

The biggest problem is that housing is unaffordable in New Hampshire and there are many reasons for that including from buying houses for investment by converting them into short-term rentals to the great migration from the cities to rural areas during the COVID pandemic.