Monthly Archives: March 2018
New Hampshire Senate OKs measure to extend Medicaid expansion under uncertain Obamacare
After a couple of hours of debate, the Senate has voted to move forward with Senate Bill 313, which would rewrite and reauthorize one of the key state-controlled provisions of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in New … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Legislation
Tagged Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, NH Watchdog, Obamacare
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State Education Law in NH: There Isn’t Any!
Here is the “Education Clause” for all 50 states, found in their respective constitutions: State Education Clauses Notice how in almost every case the state is mandated or required to “establish” a statewide system of public schools. Not in NH. … Continue reading
Analysis: New Hampshire college sports grossed $94 million in 2016
With total athletics revenue of $31.6 million, University of New Hampshire was the highest-grossing college sports programs in New Hampshire in 2016, followed by Dartmouth College ($29.1 million) and Southern New Hampshire University ($9.2 million), according to a Watchdog.org analysis of U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, Events, New Hampshire News
Tagged New Hampshire, NH Watchdog, Revenue, Sports
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U.S. News ranks New Hampshire fifth best state to live in
First, a series of surveys asked more than 30,000 people to prioritize a series of qualities about their state in categories such as health care, education, economy and quality of life. Then McKinsey, the survey firm, teamed up with U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire News
Tagged Best States, New Hampshire, NH Watchdog, US NEws
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How Windham’s Transgender Policy Violates Your Rights
Skip Murphy explains how the Windham School Board’s new transgender bathroom policy includes language that could infringe on first amendment rights by compelling speech with threats of disciplinary action and how he is trying to pry more details from the … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Culture, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Coerced Speech, Compelled Speech, School Board, Skip Murphy, Windham
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Selectmen Fail to Hold Public Hearing; Library Warrant Article Null and Void
“We have problems,” Chairman Gordon Hunt told his fellow library trustees this morning. “The selectmen didn’t hold a public hearing.” The library-addition warrant article is invalid and will not be legally binding if voted on at Town Meeting because the … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Local NH Politics
Tagged Library, Max Ledoux, Tuftonboro, Warrant Article
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Windham School Board – That Transgender Bathroom policy really isn’t official? Part 4
The machinations of the Windham School Board concerning their Transgender Policy JBAB, for whatever reason, still bugs the heck out me. I really think that a lot of it is summed up in this part of the policy which does … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Bathroom, JBAB, Policy, School Board, Transgender, Windham
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NH Senate panel backs ARMI tax break
The NH Senate Ways and Means Committee backed legislation Wednesday that would exempt companies participating in the budding regenerative manufacturing industry from state business taxes and would forgive the student loans of those who work in the industry in New … Continue reading
Approximately $142,000 Missing From Library Capital Donations Fund
The library-addition warrant article that will be presented at Town Meeting next week would “authorize the withdrawal of Four Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($416,000.00) from the existing Library Capital Reserve Fund and Four Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($410,000.00) from the … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Local NH Politics
Tagged Library Fund, Max Ledoux, Tuftonboro.net
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The New Media Militia 