Category Archives: Local NH Politics
Soldier gets 18 months in scheme to send guns to Indonesia
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier who participated in a scheme to buy guns and send them to a security detail for Indonesia’s president and vice president has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. Audi Sumilat, … Continue reading
Trump supporter speaks out about UNH campus experiences
Colin Raffio, a UNH junior finance major with a political science minor, had just finished his lunch at Holloway Commons on an early fall day when he started making his way toward the exit. Upon reaching the stairs, he noticed … Continue reading
Trump’s voter fraud commission to meet in New Hampshire in September
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, led by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Vice President Mike Pence, will meet at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Sept. 12 at 10 a.m., according to a notice in … Continue reading
Four NH businesses recognized for support of breastfeeding moms
The New Hampshire Breastfeeding Task Force recently awarded Southwestern Community Services, Goodwin Community Health, W.S. Badger and Hannaford’s Supermarket in Plymouth for their lactation support programs. All four businesses received the Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace award for developing a breastfeeding policy, … Continue reading
Dartmouth Professor Advocates Preemptive Violence by Left-Wing Thugs
Dartmouth College professor, Mark Bray was on Meet the Press where he advocated for preemptive violence by groups like AntiFA. … Bray, who is a visiting scholar at the Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth (GRID) has views so extreme that Southern Poverty Law Center president Richard … Continue reading
NH CD-1 Candidate Eddie Edwards gives his perspective on Charlottesville
Republican Congressional candidate Eddie Edwards released a video this week defending his political party and calling into question the need for removing Confederate statues and monuments in the country. In the video titled, “A Conservative’s Response to the Charlottesville Tragedy,” … Continue reading
Christian ministry sues over listing on Southern Poverty Law’s ‘hate map’
A conservative Christian media group has slapped the Southern Poverty Law Center with a defamation lawsuit after being listed alongside neo-Nazis and white supremacists on its “hate map.” D. James Kennedy Ministries filed a lawsuit this week in federal court … Continue reading
NH DHHS Reschedules “Rule Change” Hearing to Allow Medicaid Coverage for “Gender Reassignment”
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will hold a public hearing September 13 (originally scheduled for August 24) on a proposed rule change that would permit Medicaid to cover “gender reassignment” surgery. This would include surgery … Continue reading
Is 30 Million Tons of Vermont Asbestos on It’s Way to Gorverton, NH?
Now, Manosh is looking to pack up the materials and truck asbestos nearly 100 miles to Groveton, N.H. — a plan the EPA is on board with. The goal: To extract about 75,000 cubic yards per year of the 25 … Continue reading
Is New Hampshire Ready to Legalize Online Gambling?
A bill that would legalize online gambling in New Hampshire has sprung back to life, just weeks after the Granite State joined the ranks of online lottery states. Last week a hearing was scheduled for HB 562, a two paragraph placeholder bill introduced in January. | More… … Continue reading