Author Archives: Steve Mac Donald
Gov. Sununu among top speakers at Republican gathering in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Republicans are gathering for a daylong event that is part of efforts to rebuild the party infrastructure and energize the grassroots. The R.E.D Summit runs all day Saturday at the New Hampshire Institute of … Continue reading
Lynch, Paul honored by University of New Hampshire
DURHAM, N.H. The state’s longest-serving governor and a philanthropic entrepreneur have been awarded the University of New Hampshire’s most prestigious awards. Democrat John Lynch, who graduated from UNH in 1974 and served as governor from 2005-2013, was awarded the Charles Holmes … Continue reading
New Hampshire lawmakers prepare for next session
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Legislature won’t be back in session until January, but lawmakers have begun drafting bills and crafting agendas. After getting the budget out of the way last year, re-authorization of the state’s expanded Medicaid … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation
Tagged Medicaid Expansion, NH House, NH Senate, Steve Shurtleff
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Substitute teacher takes knee in classroom during pledge of allegiance
LITTLETON, Mass. —A substitute school teacher took a knee while students in her class recited the Pledge of Allegiance Thursday and went on to discuss her political views. | Video
Manchester ICE Office Vigil Oct. 3 Calls To End Deportations
MANCHESTER – Buoyed by a federal court decision putting a halt to the imminent deportation of about 60 Indonesian immigrants, members of area religious congregations will return to the Norris Cotton Federal Building on Tuesday, October 3 to pray for a halt to all … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration/Illegal Immigration, In Depth NH
Tagged Deportations, ICE, Manchester, Vigil
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State probes fatal officer-involved shooting at Belmont gas station
BELMONT — A 46-year-old Belmont man recently indicted for attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault was shot and killed Saturday following an incident with a Belmont police officer, law enforcement sources said.Joseph Mazzitelli, whose last known address is listed as 11 Dock … Continue reading
Senate panel investigating surging Medicaid costs in …New Hampshire…
The soaring costs of Medicaid expansion in eight U.S. states – including Michigan, Ohio, New Hampshire and Illinois, is under investigation by a U.S. Senate committee. Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Health Care
Tagged Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion
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The New Hampshire Advantage in One Chart
There is perhaps no greater goal for the Granite Institute than fighting to preserve and extend the New Hampshire Advantage. Historically this means no income or sales tax, but maintaining our advantage into the future will entail other important policy … Continue reading
What YOU can do to change your Property Tax Rate…
he most important [thing] that you must know is that YOU do have a say in how much property tax you pay. Become a local government expert. The best place to go for a basic understanding of how local government works is … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Property Rights, taxes
Tagged Bruce Trivellini, Budgets. Taxes
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There is no NH Seacoast cancer cluster
Nowhere in the DHHS Investigation of RMS Cases report of 2016, not the summary, nor the body, do they actually declare a cluster present. Please re-read that sentence. Are we to infer cluster status from the statistical analysis? In DHHS’ … Continue reading
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