Daily Archives: April 7, 2017
Effort to Pull Hepatitis B Vaccine School Requirement Shot Down
Children entering public school and day care in New Hampshire will continue to need vaccinations against hepatitis B after a Senate committee on Thursday killed the latest of several attempts to end the requirement. Keep Reading… | Concord Monitor
Posted in Legislation, New Hampshire News
Tagged Concord Monitor, Hepatitis B, NH Senate, Vaccines
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NH House Punts on Budget, What’s the Next Step?
The NH House’s stunning failure this week to pass any version of a state budget or its accompanying trailer bill has business advocates scratching their heads about what it all means. “I’ve been doing this for 28 years and never … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Economy/Economics, Legislation, New Hampshire News
Tagged NH House, NH Senate, NHBR
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Plainfield to Get $36,000 From Feds’ Sale of Brown Compound
Plainfield — The town of Plainfield will receive $36,334 from the federal government as proceeds from the sale of the former home of tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown. That total amounts to just 16 percent of the back taxes … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Ed Brown, Elena Brown, Plainfield, taxes
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A Standardized Assessment That Breaks State Law ?
Some schools are transitioning from the Smarter Balanced Assessment to the PACE Assessment. An assessment of “competencies.” Today I spoke before the New Hampshire Board of Education about the concerns I had going forward with the PACE Assessment based on … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, Local NH Politics
Tagged Ann Marie Banfield, Assessmentsm, PACE, Smarter Balanced
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A Small Step in the Right Direction: Less of Your Tax Money to UNFPA
President Trump’s State Department has told the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to get along without U.S. financial support. There are people who think this is a bad idea. I’m not one of them. Neither is Reggie Littlejohn. I met … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged EllenKolb.com, Sterilization, UN, UNFPA
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