Author Archives: Steve Mac Donald
Manchester Mayoral Challenger Picks Up PP Support
Manchester residents, FYI: Manchester mayoral candidate Joyce Craig has picked up the support of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England’s Action Fund, along with a snappy hashtag (#proJoyce). This is on top of her endorsement by EMILY’s List, a national … Continue reading
On Air News Read for October 24, 2017
Governor Chris Sununu and New Hampshire Homeland Security Director Perry Plummer will officially send-off the donations collected during the governor’s Puerto Rico Aid Drive, which was held on October third and fourth. You might recall that Sununu encouraged Granite Staters … Continue reading
New Hampshire won’t join Clean Power plan suit – at least not yet
New Hampshire is not rushing to join several neighboring states in threatening to sue the federal government over the Environmental Protection Agency’s announced its intention to repeal the Clean Power Plan. “We are moderating the rulemaking process, looking at what … Continue reading
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
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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 New Media Militia 