The Town of Tuftonboro, N.H. lost its effort to charge $0.15 per page to redact emails provided electronically. Judge Amy Ignatius in Carroll County Superior Court ruled that redacting emails electronically does not substantively change their format nor does it incur actual costs that can be charged. The town had not sought to be reimbursed for the time it takes employees to redact the emails, and they provided no evidence of other expenses. | More…
Hiring Freeze Results in 9000 Fewer Federal Employees in First 6-months
The Washington Times is reporting that President Trumps’ hiring freeze has resulted in 9,000 fewer Federal employees in the first 6-months.
Mr. Trump ordered the hiring freeze on his first day in office and embarked on the most ambitious agenda to shrink government since Ronald Reagan. His early success, although modest, is a testament to the president’s tenacity and to the daunting task he has undertaken. | More..
New Hampshire Hypocrisy: A “Drug Den” When Convenient
Officials in NH, particularly the governor, had a chance here to walk the walk, and do what they advised Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera a few short months earlier: stop overreacting, stop playing the victim, and embrace the reality so we can solve the problem. “YES! We have become a drug den thanks to the cartels in Mexico; thank you, Mr. President, for advocating for us,” should have been the response.
Instead, self-serving officials in NH did the same stupid thing Mayor Rivera did. They circled the wagons, treated the leaked comments as an attack on poor NH, ignored the part where President Trump was trying to HELP their state and started pandering to NH voters as their superhero- defenders. | More…
Michelle Levell: Nashua Wants More From Homeschoolers
With the next school year right around the corner, some families are filing a Letter of Intent to begin home educating their children. They have a choice to file with their local school district (SAU) office, a private school that offers these services, or with the state Department of Education. This role is called a Participating Agency.
Per the state home education law, RSA 193-A, parents are required to notify their choice of Participating Agency of their intent to homeschool one time per child, not annually. | More…
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Tagged Homeschooling, Michelle Levell, Nashua
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President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for New Hampshire
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of New Hampshire to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from July 1, 2017 to July 2, 2017.
Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by severe storms and flooding in Grafton county.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. | More…
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Tagged Disaster, Donald Trump, FEMA
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Senator Hassan Statement on New Hampshire DOJ Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma
“The role that drug makers have played in contributing to the heroin, fentanyl, and opioid crisis that is devastating communities in New Hampshire and states across the country is abundantly clear. Through improper marketing of prescription opioids, drug makers have long been running a campaign of deception to mask how addictive these products really are. | More..
Franklin, NH adds Kenogarten funding to ballot
FRANKLIN, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire city has become the first to put a lottery game on the ballot as a way to raise money for full-day kindergarten.
The Franklin City Council voted unanimously Monday to allow residents to choose if they want to allow keno at drinking establishments during the upcoming election. | More…
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Active-duty military members sue Trump over transgender ban
Five active-duty service members sued President Donald Trump Wednesday over his intentions to ban transgender personnel from serving in the military.
“The directive to reinstate a ban on open service by transgender people violates both the Equal Protection component of the Fifth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” states the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington by five anonymous “Jane Does.” | More…
Mark Steyn Reacts to the Media Reaction to Trump’s North Korea Rhetoric
Posted in International News, Media Bias, National News
Tagged Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un, Mark Steyn, Nuclear Threat
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NH Hempfest Documentary Released Free Online!
Last year I had the pleasure of attending and broadcasting my talk radio show, Free Talk Live, from the third annual NH Hempfest! This year it’s back, rebranded to the “NH Cannabis Freedom Festival“, again at the beautiful Roger’s Campground from August 25th-27th.
Like last year’s event, this year promises to be packed full of wall-to-wall live musical performances by some great bands. (And this year they are accepting bitcoin – get your tickets here!) If you were wondering what this excellent festival was like last year, Free Keene blogger and radio host Robert Mathias was there and spent the last year of his life putting together a feature-length documentary about it! | More…
The New Media Militia 