Monthly Archives: January 2018
Family Leave Bill is Tax on Income (HB 628)
Recently HB 628 passed the NH House. It claims to be a Family Leave bill, but it is a tax on income. It requires employers to withhold .5% of employees’ wages. Naturally, it excludes government employees. It has an opt-out provision, for … Continue reading
‘Whiteness’ workshop draws fire
MANCHESTER — A City Year event being held today to commemorate the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is drawing criticism from some city officials over the subject matter of several workshops — including topics such as … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Events, New Hampshire News, Snowflakes
Tagged City Year, Manchester, Rich Girard, Whiteness, Workshop
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Legislation will Criminalize Female Genital Mutilation in New Hampshire
On Wednesday, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hear testimony on House Bill 1739 (HB 1739), AN ACT prohibiting female genital mutilation. The legislation is aimed at ending the horrific practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on girls under 18 years … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Culture, NH Political Buzz
Tagged Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, HB 1739
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School Choice Legislation: Schedule for Week of January 15, 2018
The 2018 session is well underway with a full slate of hearings in multiple committees. We are monitoring several bills and those will include our analysis and recommendations. As a courtesy, we list additional bills and meetings relevant to education … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Michelle Levell, SB 193, School Choice
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“You’re not allowed to film me,” says govt. official (Marlborough, NH)
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Posted in Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Ridley Report
Tagged Dave Ridley, Marlborough
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WMUR CLOSEUP- Glad to hear it, Mr. Johnson
Given that Monday is Martin Luther King Day, today’s WMUR’s CLOSE UP had a segment on race relations here on NH. … I was absolutely flabbergasted by this self-described Conservative on something he said that sounded outright out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, New Hampshire News
Tagged Closeup, Martin Luther King, Rogers Johnson, WMUR
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Tales from the BudComm – differing standards
Well, the last night of the (Gilford) Budget Season was last Thursday nite. A long nite – from 6:30pm and I didn’t get home until after midnight. Did we get all of the surface analysis done and talked to all … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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Gallery: New Hampshire March for Life 2018
A cloudy January thaw gave way to a freezing but brilliantly-sunny day for the 2018 March for Life in Concord, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Right to Life’s annual event drew more than 300 marchers for the procession down Main Street … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Culture, Leaven for the Loaf
Tagged Ellen Kolb, March for Life, NHRTL
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School Choice for NH: Break the Testing Stranglehold
HB 1744, a bill that will break the testing stranglehold on our students and teachers, will have a public hearing in the House Education Committee on Thursday, January 18 at 10:45am. This is an important school choice bill because parents – not … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, School Choice for NH
Tagged HB 1744, Michelle Levell, School Choice, Testing
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City Year challenged over MLK Day workshops on “Unpacking Whiteness”
On January 4, 2018, I received an email invitation to City Year’s Martin Luther King Day event (right). The subject line of the email was “Free Family Event: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!” Candidly, I thought nothing of it and didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Events, Girard At Large
Tagged City Year, Manchester, MLK, Unpacking Whiteness
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The New Media Militia 