[Staci] Mannella alleges that on several occasions, the College delayed or failed to provide her with note-takers, test readers, lab assistants and other visual aids like Echo360. Echo360 is a recording system that allows visually impaired students to record video, audio and computer display inputs during lectures in real-time. More…
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Part of the budget is funding for the University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The public universities came to the taxpayers with their hands out asking for a combined request of $182 million over the two-year budget period. But there’s an issue not being discussed; records show that USNH has a serious debt problem, especially when compared to an equivalent system. More..
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Science, of course, is not a religion, and the history of science is littered with theories that have been considered proven and then are disproven. So scientists must remain skeptical and open to any evidence that would challenge their theories and their findings. That’s difficult enough to do when the topic is an abstract one with few practical applications. But when a topic is highly politicized (as with AGW), the difficulty increases exponentially and the public also becomes very much involved. More..
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U.S. Representative Carol Shea-Porter, D-New Hampshire, was in-district on Tuesday afternoon and held a town hall forum for constituents to ask questions at the Portsmouth Public Library.The major topics discussed centered around Syria, North Korea, climate change and bridging the partisan divide in Washington, D.C.“The good news is that we are standing up to this and Republicans in Congress are working often with us…More.
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The news story that has made the rounds this past week involved accusations that a New Hampshire lawmaker created a misogynistic online message board, making derogatory and inappropriate comments about women. Gov. Chris Sununu and the New Hampshire Republican Party have called for Rep. Robert Fisher, R-Laconia, to resign, but he refuses to do so. This leaves House leaders with only a few choices on how to handle the situation. More…
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As the blog’s 5-year anniversary month winds up, I’ll take one last look back. It would be easy to reflect on things left undone, such as the failure to pass this or that pro-life law. Not today, though. This is about good news from the past half-decade. Just a few highlights. More..
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IT IS A BREATH OF FRESH air when an issue arises that has popular support and allows Democrats and Republicans to reach across the aisle and work together. That is exactly what we are doing right now by supporting legislation that will increase funding for full-day kindergarten in the Granite State. More..
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Joe Biden’s speech to sold out New Hampshire Democratic Party Dinner may have sounded like an early version of a 2020 stump speech, but the former Vice President insisted he’s not considering a third campaign for the presidency.
Early in his keynote address at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, Biden said that when NHDP Chairman Ray Buckley invited him to speak in the first-in-nation-primary state, “there wasn’t a doubt in my mind, even though it caused a lot of speculation.” more…
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North Korea launched another missile, and according to both the U.S. and South Korea, their latest attempt was a failure. Moments after taking off, the missile exploded.
The failed launch occurred shortly after Secretary of State Tillerson urged the UN to levy more economic sanctions against North Korea. | LI
“I’m trying to show that preferences for women with vaginas over women with penises might be partially informed by the influence of a cissexist society,” declares YouTube star Riley J. Dennis, in a video entitled “Are genital preferences transphobic?” Spoiler alert: she thinks they are. | PJ Media
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