Author Archives: Steve Mac Donald
Public-private partnership will provide $1.8 million to NH startups
Millworks II, a $1.8 million public-private partnership fund consisting of 40 individual investors and the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, will provide extra capital for startups in New Hampshire. More… | NHBR
Playtime’s over, kindergartners
“This is causing a lot of anxiety,” the teacher said. “Kindergarten should be happy and playful. It should be art and dancing and singing and learning how to take turns. Instead, it’s frustrating and disheartening.” More… | NYP H/T Doris … Continue reading
Posted in Education, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Kindergarten, New York Post, SB 247
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#DyingPaper (Union Leader) Bipolar on State Budget
The Legislature’s part of the process begins with the House passing a budget and sending that to the Senate. The Senate typically makes changes to the House’s budget and sends it back to the House. The House typically disagrees with … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Ed Mosca Blog, Union Leader
Tagged NH House, NH Senate, State Budget, Union Leader
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N.H. Residents Charged In Human Trafficking Sting
Five people have been arrested in connection with trafficking women for sex at brothels in and around Boston. The arrests were made Thursday in a joint operation by the FBI and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office. The brothels were … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, New Hampshire News
Tagged Biqun Xiao, Deerfield, Human Trafficking, Robert Mozer
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Next Week: NH House Hearing on ‘Croydon Bill’
Only one bill remains in the House Education Committee, one of this year’s town tuitioning (aka Croydon) bills, Senate Bill 8. This is an important school choice bill and will have an impact on Croydon’s legal situation. We expect at … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, NH School Choice
Tagged Committee, Croydon Bill, Education, Michelle Levell, NH House, SB 8
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Portsmouth Council Eyes Ousting PD and FD commissions
The City Council is scheduled to initiate a process toward eliminating the police and fire commissions, first during its June 3 retreat, then by vote at its June 5 meeting. Debate about eliminating the elected citizen oversight commissions was recently … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged City Council, Commissions, Portsmouth
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Considering Religious Liberty
President Trump has issued an executive order on religious liberty, addressing in part the litigation between the government and the Little Sisters of the Poor over the government’s contraceptive mandate. The Sisters are apparently off the hook if I properly understood … Continue reading
New Hampshire House Review: ‘Red Pill’ versus ‘Rep Rage’
Yesterday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to have a committee look into the online behavior of two state representatives – Republican Robert Fisher and Democrat Sherry Frost. The saga in the house started months ago when Frost was elected … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, NH Political Buzz
Tagged NH House, Online, Robert Fisher, Sherry Frost
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City Wants to Police Sagging Pants
The saga of the sagging pants, it seems, is never-ending. Municipalities around the country — in South Carolina, Louisiana, New Jersey, Alabama, Mississippi, and Illinois, just for starters — have banned the controversial look, sometimes levying fines for those who … Continue reading
