Taiwan is set to become the first country in Asia to ban the sale and consumption of cat and dog meat in an effort to improve its animal protection laws.
On Tuesday, the country’s parliament passed amendments to its Animal Protection Act, which will also prohibit those using a car or motorbike from pulling their pets along on a leash, The Guardian reports. Keep Reading…
Katie Jones | WMUR
Are we really losing young people? A common theme through many letters to the editor, political speeches and general news stories is that young, educated people are leaving the state, heading for “anyplace but here.” This theme is brought in to influence debate on taxes, workplace housing, voting More…
Opinion | Concord Monitor
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A personnel issue involving the town’s fire chief attracted a crowd to Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, though details about the issues relating to the chief are scarce. Keep Reading…
Melissa Proulx | UL
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New Hampshire Commissioner of Eduction, Frank Edelblut, will be moving forward with reviewing the Common Core Standards currently used in New Hampshire. Common Core has driven many parents to pull their children out of the public schools. Unfortunately, the appointed Board of Education has tried to derail these efforts. Keep Reading…
Ann Marie Banfield | Girard at Large
The rankings for the most popular governors are out and the top 10 are all Republicans. New Hampshire’s own Gov. Chris Sununu isn’t far behind the pack, though, coming in at 16th, highlighting a decent start to the Republican’s first term in the corner office. Keep Reading…
There is much hullabaloo in Concord over the state budget and arguments surrounding various numbers. One of the biggest battles revolves around what is described as the significant difference in revenue amounts as estimated in the governor’s budget (which estimate I was involved in helping produce) and the different estimate created by the House of Representatives. The difference over two budget years is $59 million. More…
Charlie Arlinghaus | UL
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The University of New Hampshire is hosting a discussion of the Trump administration’s first 100 days in office.
The event Wednesday afternoon is free and open to the public. It will feature Republican political analyst Tom Rath and Michael Ettlinger, director of the Carsey School of Public Policy.
Rath, a former state attorney general and Republican national committeeman, has served as a national adviser to numerous presidential campaigns. Ettlinger is an affiliate professor at UNH’s School of Law and previously worked at several think tanks in Washington.
The Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission will host a forum at the Meredith Community Center from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, to consider how to promote tourism.
Despite a paucity of funding since the 2012 collapse of the National Scenic Byway Program, there are still grassroots efforts afoot in many areas of the state to promote outstanding scenic and cultural tourism opportunities to prospective visitors. More…
Granite State Future(s) | Laconia Daily Sun
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Members of the timber industry were in the state capitol today, arguing for the passage of a bill that would support the state’s struggling biomass industry.
New Hampshire has 6 biomass plants. The plants convert wood waste products to energy, and they have trouble competing against the cheaper cost of natural gas. More…
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Executive Director of ACLU-NH Devon Chaffee and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Vice President for Public Policy-NH Jennifer Frizzell will keynote the Dover Democrats’ 10th Annual Franklin and Eleanor (Roosevelt) Dinner on Saturday, April 22, according to a press release from Dover Democrats. More…
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