Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Christopher J. Wagner announce that there is no longer an ongoing criminal investigation into two untimely deaths in Grantham. The two homeowners, Michael and Michele Sbrega, were discovered in their house at 51 Bright Slope Way in Grantham. The criminal investigation has been closed as both autopsies have been completed and there is no evidence that either individual died as the result of homicidal violence. |Source Page
Granite State Poll survey says: Sununu must be doing something right
DURHAM, NH – A majority of New Hampshire residents continue to approve of the job Chris Sununu is doing as governor and he continues to be broadly popular in the state. Half of Granite Staters approve of the job being done by the state legislature and nearly three in four feel the state is headed in the right direction. A majority of New Hampshire residents continue to see drug abuse as the most important problem facing the state. | Read More at Manchester InkLink
New Hampshire Marijuana Legalization Study Commission Begins Review Process
The commission tasked with studying the potential impacts of legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana in New Hampshire met for the first time Tuesday, beginning a review process on how the state may implement a commercialized cannabis market.
HB 215, which established the commission, was signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu in July despite objections from pro-legalization advocates, who argued membership on the commission was mainly comprised of marijuana reform critics. | Keep Reading at NH Journal
Posted in Drugs, Legislation
Tagged Decriminalization, HB 215, Legalization, Marijuana
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GAL: On Air News Read for October 18, 2012
In a statement issued yesterday, Governor Christopher Sununu disclosed he and Drug Czar David Mara, who was a guest on our show yesterday, met with Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas earlier this week to discuss Manchester’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. He said the meeting with the mayor and other city officials was productive, acknowledging that the city had become a regional access point for thousands of people suffering from substance abuse. | Keep Reading at Girard at Large
NH Committee to Decide on Spending Tax dollars for Gender Reassignment
The Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR) will consider at its October 19 meeting a rule proposed by the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that would make “gender reassignment” a covered service for minors and adults under New Hampshire’s Medicaid program. | Keep Reading at Cornerstone
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putin’s atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews. …
hey also obtained an eyewitness account — backed by documents — indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow, sources told The Hill. | Read more at The Hill.com
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Tagged Clinton, FBI, Obama, Russia, Uranium
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Report Claims New England Electricity Consumers Overpaid By Billions
New England electricity consumers paid billions of dollars more than necessary over a three-year period, according to a national environmental group. But some observers are skeptical, while one utility named in the report is calling it an outright fabrication. | Keep Reading at NHPR.org
(And be sure to ask, “since when does the Environmental Defense Fund give a damn about saving consumers money on electric costs?”)
Gun Control, Carol Shea Porter’s Retirement and Replacing Speaker Jasper
Rich talked to Kimberly Morin of NH Political Buzz for Politically Buzzed. Kimberly tackled the push to ban bump stocks and criticisms towards gun control ideologies in light of the tragic shooting in Las Vegas. She then addressed the retiring of Carol Shea Porter and the search to replace Speaker Jasper. | Girard at Large
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Tagged Carol Shea-Porter, Kimberly Morin, Las Vegas, Rich Girard
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The Culture That Hates Speech
University speech guides, free speech zones, microaggressions, and the entire campus thought-police culture is programming future generations to accept that those in “authority” cannot only define where and when ‘speech’ may occur but who may participate and what words they can use. | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok
Trump’s Draft HHS Strategic Plan Recognizes Life, Beginning at Conception
“HHS accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception.” |Read More at GraniteGrok
The New Media Militia 