Health & Mental Health
Granite Advantage Program Clears First House Hurdle
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The state’s Medicaid expansion program cleared its first hurdle in the House unscathed after three hours of debate Thursday.
Education
House Kills Parental Bill of Rights for This Session and Next Year’s Session
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The motion to indefinitely postpone, which prevents a similar or identical bill from coming up again before the current term ends in December 2024, was approved on a 196-190 vote.
Education
More Accountability Needed before Expanding Education Freedom Accounts, Panel Told
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The controversial program, which is one of the most expansive voucher programs in the country, has served about 3,000 students in its first two years, and has cost the state $24 million — well over budget — with a projected cost of $30 million a year for the next biennial budget.
Feature
MLK Was No Ally of NH’s ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law
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When New Hampshire House Republican leaders quoted Martin Luther King, Jr. in their defense of the state’s “Divisive Concepts” or “Non-Discrimination” law last week, it wasn’t the first time King’s words were used to imply something quite different from what he intended.
Education
Testimony Mostly Favors Repeal of ‘Banned Concepts Law’ in Committee
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A bill to repeal the 2021 state law relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces that has come to be known as the “banned concepts law,” had a public hearing on Thursday with the majority testifying in favor of repeal.
Featured in Category
House Majority Leader Osborne’s Ouster Sought Over Resurfaced Racist Post
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State Rep. Matt Wilhelm, D-Manchester, called on House Majority Leader Rep. Jason Osborne to resign and criticized Gov. Chris Sununu for not also calling for his resignation after a decade-old website post resurfaced of Osborne using repeated racial slurs.
Chris Sununu
Sununu Predicts Winter COVID-19 Uptick, Saying ‘We are Prepared’
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Gov. Chris Sununu said there are reports in the nation’s south that COVID-19 is seeing an uptick and will likely come here by winter, but the state is in a better position now to respond to it and new variants than ever before.
Feature
Op-Ed: NH’s GOP Leader: Buy AK-47 Bullets, Not Hot Dogs
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Given the fresh blood spilled of moms, dads, grandparents, boy and girls, most other writers would have taken down the post.
David Watters
‘Divisive Concepts’: Black Heritage Trail of NH Speaks Out to Educators and Communities
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JerriAnne Boggis, BHT Executive Director, and her staff opened their annual public conversation on democracy Sunday with bravery, by hosting a conversation on “Divisive Concepts: A Chilling Effect on Teaching History.”