More businesses are announcing bonuses, higher minimum wages, and new benefits for employees after passage by Congress of Republicans’ tax reform bill. | The Daily Signal
Yes, The Feds Can Arrest and Charge Elected Leaders of Sanctuary Cities with a Crime
The effort to put pressure on sanctuary cities hopped back into the news cycle this week following remarks by Thomas Homan, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
We need to hold these politicians accountable for their actions,” Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told Fox News. “This isn’t the America I grew up in. We got to take these sanctuary cities on. We got to take them to court. And we got to start charging some of these politicians with crimes.”
And yes, the Feds have that authority. |Keep Reading at GraniteGrok.com
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Immigration/Illegal Immigration
Tagged ICE, Sanctuary Cities, Thomas Homan
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NH Democrats: School Choice is Only for Children who can Afford it
There’s been a lot of lies and misinformation spread by Democrats and of course, New Hampshire Unions, but the main purpose of the bill is to allow children to have the best education possible. Not every parent can afford to pay high property taxes, which are mostly spent on local public schools, and then turn around and pay tuition to send their child to a private school that best serves their child’s needs. | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok.com
HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER, EDUCATION CHAIR APPLAUD PASSAGE OF EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS BILL
CONCORD- House Majority Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) and House Education Committee Chairman Rick Ladd (R-Haverhill) released the following statements in response to the passage of SB193, relative to establishing education freedom savings accounts for students, by a vote of 184-162. |Read More at NH House GOP.com
Patient Privacy and Transgender Medical Professionals
A woman who requested a female [National Health Service] nurse to perform her cervical smear test was “embarrassed and distressed” after a person with stubble and a deep voice summoned her for the intimate procedure. | Keep Reading at the Volokh Conspiracy
Posted in Culture, Health Care
Tagged Health professionals, Transgender, Volokh Conspiracy
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NH Senate votes to eliminate paper paycheck requirement
Senate Bill 84 started out as simply enabling workers’ compensation payments to be made by direct deposit, but the Senate Commerce Committee tacked on an amendment deleting the requirement that employers paying employees electronically must offer a paycheck alternative if requested. | Read more at NHBR
Town Meeting Time is HERE!
NH has a long-time tradition of late-winter, early-springtime ‘town meetings’ at which spending is decided and local laws are adopted or repealed via warrant articles that are placed on the ballot.
On Page 15 of this document, the State of NH has provided basic rules for on submitting petitions for warrant articles.
A sample article has been provided to each town and is available on request. | More at CNHT
New England Wanted To Use All Renewable Energy… Then It Got Cold
Suddenly the power grid is experiencing strains which aren’t generally seen in more clement weather conditions. So how are they responding? Local Hartford, Vermont blogger Meredith Angwin has been keeping an eye on the grid and she’s seeing an alarming trend (or at least alarming to environmentalists). As the temperature dropped, wind energy production waned just as demand was rising. And the local power companies responded by… burning oil. | More at HotAir
Posted in Around New England, Energy, Environment
Tagged Cold, New England, Wind Farm
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Exam questions blast Trump as bigot, tout Hillary as unifier
The final exam for one California State University-Northridge class left students with little doubt as to their professor’s opinion of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The online final for African Studies 161, “American Political Institutions: A Black Perspective,” taught by Professor Karin Stanford, asked students about both 2016 presidential nominees in similarly formatted questions, both of which included an “all of the above” option. | More at Campus Reform
NH Senate Passes Bill to Crack Down on Voter Fraud
CONCORD (AP) — The Republican-led New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to further tighten eligibility requirements for voters even though the Legislature’s previous attempt to do so remains stalled in court.
College students and others can now declare the state of their domicile for voting purposes without becoming residents subject to other requirements, such as registering their cars or getting New Hampshire drivers licenses. | More at NH1
The New Media Militia 