Claiming that special-needs children will be harmed if their parents choose an outside education tailored to their specific needs is more than deeply offensive. It is harmful to the kids who need alternative services. Incredibly, that is what opponents of change in public education are doing. | Keep Reading at School Choice for NH
A Deeply Offensive Attack on Special-Needs Students
Should Home Distilling Be Legal In N.H.? Lawmakers To Vote Today
New Hampshire House lawmakers are expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would legalize home liquor distilling. Booze enthusiasts are currently allowed to make up to 200 gallons of beer and wine at home – depending on the size of their household.
But distilling liquor at home is against state law. That doesn’t make sense to Representative Scott Wallace of Danville. | Keep Reading at NHPR
2018 National School Choice Week
School Choice for NH, partnered with Children’s Scholarship Fund New Hampshire, New Hampshire Catholic Schools, Granite State Christian Schools Association, Granite State Home Educators, and National School Choice Week (NSCW), invite you to celebrate NSCW with us at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester on Tuesday, January 23rd at 4pm. | Keep Reading at School Choice for NH
10 Things to Watch for at NH Town Meetings!
Many people who live in NH still do not understand the importance of attending town meetings. Town meetings/deliberative sessions and votes in SB2 towns are where the BULK of your taxes are raised and money is spent.
Starting in January, towns will commence their annual meetings. | Keep Reading at CNHT
New Year’s Resolution for NH Politicians – Stop Lying to Voters
January 1st is usually a day of reflection for many people over the previous year. It’s also a day where people create New Year’s Resolutions to make some sort of change in the new year. Political Buzz decided it might be a good time to create a New Year’s Resolution for politicians in New Hampshire, of any political affiliation, to stop lying to voters. | Keep Reading at NH Political Buzz
A Year-End Judicial Triumph for Constitutional Conservatives
The news got lost in a lot of the end of the year taxapalooza, but the administration, which even the most Trump-skeptical conservative would have to acknowledge has done an excellent job on judges ( a record 12 appellate judges were confirmed this year) scored another major victory in mid-December when Don Willett and Jim Ho were confirmed for the powerful 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. | Read More at NRO
Coal to the rescue as record cold grips the East.
Coal to the rescue as record cold grips the East. That’s right – the natural resource that Obama declared war against (his promise to bankrupt any new coal fired electrical plant) from before his first inauguration. |More at GraniteGrok.com
Out-of-State Org Setting up Shop to Interfere in NH Elections
Yesterday, the out-of-state organization known as “Let America Vote” announced they will be setting up shop in New Hampshire in order to interfere with the 2018 elections.
They are an organization that is run by former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander and his wife. Their board is a “who’s who” of far-left Democrats from across the country, including Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards and former Obama White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. | More at NH Political Buzz
N.H. Business Tax Rates Will Decrease In 2018
The new year means New Hampshire businesses will pay lower taxes.
Two key state business taxes were first reduced in 2016, the result of a compromise between then Governor Hassan and Republican lawmakers. The deal allowed for further tax cuts as long as revenues didn’t decline. …
“This is all part of a process of trying to make the state more competitive,” says Greg Moore with Americans For Prosperity-New Hampshire. | More at NHPR
Chronic Capital Confusion
Timberlane’s administration appears to inhabit a state of chronic capital confusion (sorry, couldn’t resist the alliteration) about which budget accounts constitute capital expenditures. | Keep Reading at timberlaneandsandown