Monthly Archives: December 2017
Governor Sununu: No Toll Increase
NH Governor Chris Sununu announced that he’s stopping an effort to increase road tolls in the state. The toll increase was scheduled to be voted on next month by the Executive Council. The governor now says he won’t be putting … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire News, taxes
Tagged Chris Sununu, Executive Council, Toll Hike
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Get ready for 2020 first-in-nation primary campaign to begin
HERE THEY COME. It’s like clockwork. Every midterm election year, the New Hampshire first-in-the-nation primary campaign gets underway – informally if not officially – and 2018 will be no exception, as candidates stop by to help New Hampshire candidates while also … Continue reading
Democrat Rep. Katherine Rogers Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge
The 2017 ‘Humane Legislator of the Year’ entered a guilty plea to avoid jail time for assaulting Conservative activist Susan Olsen. CONCORD, NH — A local Democrat and state representative pleaded guilty this morning to assaulting a political opponent during a state Senate ballot recount … Continue reading
How I Came to Terms With Santa
I’ve heard of parents who have trouble explaining Santa Claus to their kids. My parents called on the United States Navy to do the job. I grew up in south Florida, so part of the Santa Claus legend always sounded … Continue reading
Woman whose 84 Great Danes were seized will not serve jail time
OSSIPEE, N.H. — A woman who had dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes living in her New Hampshire mansion will not spend time in jail after being found guilty on 10 animal cruelty charges. Eighty-four dogs were seized from Christina … Continue reading
Should Government Mandate Seatbelt Use?
Six representatives and one senator have sponsored a bill that begins to hack away at the amazing tradition of personal liberty that residents of New Hampshire have enjoyed. In the proposed bill, politicians make it a crime to ride in a vehicle without … Continue reading
Guide calling Christmas trees, dreidels inappropriate was ‘ill-advised’
The University of Minnesota has disavowed a set of guidelines issued by one of its academic departments labeling holiday symbols such as Christmas trees, doves and dreidels as “religious iconography” inappropriate for a school setting. The school’s College of Food, … Continue reading
N.H. Part of Nationwide Settlement…
New Hampshire will get about $144,000 as part of a nationwide, multimillion-dollar settlement against a company accused of off-label marketing for four of its drugs. All 50 states participated in the $13.5 million settlement against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, or BIPI. The states … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Health Care
Tagged Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Settlement
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No Rigor in Timberlane’s Per Pupil Cost
The official Cost per Pupil report from the Department of Education is now out. (DOE web site. Thanks to an alert resident who located the document even though it has not been linked from the usual DOE summary page.) Timberlane’s Cost … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, taxes
Tagged Cost per pupil, Timberlane
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The New Media Militia 