New Hampshire is sometimes described as a state with no income tax and no sales tax, but it does collect a five percent tax on one form of income – interest and dividends. | Read more at NH Watchdog
New Hampshire Senate advances bill that would eliminate tax on interest, dividends
Posted in Legislation, taxes
Tagged Dividend, Interest, NH Senate, NH Watchdog, taxes
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OP-ED: The Truth No One Wants To Hear
As a mom, I am infuriated by the conversations that keep distracting us from the facts. The conversations that keep pointing out toward some distraction and that keep us from facing the cold, hard, truths. The truth is that we are raising children that do not value life, and children that see violence as a solution. As a result, our children go to school and learn drills about hiding from a would-be murderer as a part of their school day. | Read More at NH Political Buzz
N.H. Center for Public Policy to Shut Its Doors
The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies announced on Friday that it is closing its doors after 22 years, citing a lack of funding.
The Concord-based non-profit produced in-depth reports on a wide range of issues impacting life in the state, from casinos and the corrections system, to health care, pension funds and school-dropout rates. | More at NHPR
Bernie Sander’s Son Plotting Run in NH-CD1
Roll Call reports that Levi Sanders is seriously considering a run for Congress in New Hampshire’s first Congressional District.
I’m definitely considering it. I’m excited, motivated and interested in the race,” Sanders told Vice News Thursday. “I’m just dotting my I’s and crossing my T’s.”
So what are the differences between Bernie and Levi? | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok.com
Posted in Democrats, Elections, GraniteGrok, New Hampshire News, Progressives
Tagged Bernie Sanders, CD-1, Levi Sanders, NH
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Accountability to Families or the State
Update on House Executive Sessions: Several important school choice bills met their fate in House committees this week with executive sessions scheduled all day Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately, we had mixed results that show some Reps believe accountability is not to families, but to the state. |Keep Reading at School Choice for NH
Posted in Education, Legislation, School Choice for NH
Tagged Executive Session, Michelle Levell
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NH State Rep David Welch (R-Kington) – about as good as Florida Broward Deputy Scot Peterson
Rep. David Welch, R-Kingston, pointed out that the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee he chairs voted 15-5 against the bill. “If there is an active shooter incident on a college campus with thousands of students, and 100 of them have firearms, it would be a disaster,” he said. “Law enforcement coming into a place like a school with half a dozen people with guns drawn is not a good scenario.” | Keep Reading…
Posted in GraniteGrok, New Hampshire News, Second Amendment
Tagged Campus Carry, David Welch, Firearms, Kingston
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The Kurk Decision
The Kurk decision is an important win for people concerned about fiscal sanity and public accountability. We’ve all seen town and school budget officials playing games with default budgets by artificially inflating the number. That makes their proposed budgets look better by comparison. The Kurk decision is the first time that a New Hampshire court has stepped in and said, “No, you have to follow the law.” | More at CNHT
Schools Failing to Educate Kids Now Want to Treat Their Mental Health
There’s never a moment in the world of public education that it’s safe to let your guard down. Just when you begin to think the tide is beginning to turn or it can’t get any worse, educational elites dream up some new, disastrous scheme aimed at manipulating our children and turning them into delusional, politically correct drones. | More at NHJournal
Posted in Culture, Education, Health Care
Tagged Education, Mental Health, Public School
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Individual Transported by Ambulance from Manchester Planned Parenthood
ew Hampshire Right to Life was informed today of an individual who was taken away by ambulance from the Planned Parenthood facility in Manchester on Wednesday, February 21st around 12:30 pm. According to eyewitnesses, this person was carried out on a gurney with a sheet covering his or her face. |More at GraniteGrok.com
Posted in Abortion, Health Care, New Hampshire News
Tagged NHRTL, Planned Parenthood
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58% Lack Trust in the Government’s Ability to Enforce Gun Laws
Rasmussen Poll: Florida shooting has not moved the needle.
In the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead, officials and activists are calling for tighter gun control laws.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 15% of American Adults say stricter gun control laws increase violent crime, while 39% think stricter laws would decrease violent crime. Keep Reading…
Posted in National News, National Politics & Policy, Second Amendment
Tagged Gun Laws, Polling, Rasmussen
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The New Media Militia 