Daily Archives: October 23, 2017
HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER REACTS TO HOUSE DEMOCRAT PROPOSALS FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
CONCORD- House Majority Leader Richard Hinch (R-Merrimack) released the following statement in reaction to legislative service requests by New Hampshire House Democrats seeking to establish and/or study single payor health care plans in the state. “This past weekend, we had … Continue reading
In Merrimack, Homework No Longer Counts as a Graded Assignment
There is a growing debate in New Hampshire and nationally about the value of homework, and educators are responding. Merrimack School District implemented a new homework protocol at the beginning of this school year. Teachers can still assign practice homework, but … Continue reading
You Can’t Defend Free Speech Without Challenging Social Justice Curriculum
This morning on ‘No Safe Spaces’ Rich Girard and I began with a recent article from The New Hampshire (TNH), the UNH Student Newspaper. Executive Editor Colleen Irvine does a nice job of pointing out to students on Campus that the first … Continue reading
Economy is clicking: Innovation is faster than government
The private sector often moves too fast for government to keep up. That’s a good thing. We certainly wouldn’t want to slow down businesses by limiting their rate of innovation to the public sector. But that can lead to gaps … Continue reading
Our friends at Firm B (Eversource) have some ‘splaining to do
New Hampshire uses about 9 percent of New England’s electricity. So, if a couple of rogue utilities pulled some sneaky tricks over three years that caused wholesale electricity prices in New England to be $3.6 billion higher than they should … Continue reading
Catalonia crisis: NHexit.com intervenes! Sort of.
There’s this idea I’ve long championed that activism should be focused like a laser on NH, and most anything else is going “off mission.” But the explosion of “secession springs” around the world gives us a chance to promote the … Continue reading
On Air News Read for October 23, 2017
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee of the New Hampshire General Court has approved asking the federal government for a waiver that will allow the state to impose a work requirement on able bodied recipients of the taxpayer provided health insurance … Continue reading
The 603 Alliance Presents – A Special Evening with Steve Bannon
The 603 Alliance Presents invites you to join us for a special evening with Steve Bannon, former White House Chief strategist for President Donald Trump and chief executive of Breitbart News. Come hear Mr. Bannon’s insights on current happenings in … Continue reading