Budget Advisory Committee recommendation: 2018 proposed Operational Budget for the town be reduced by $300,000! | More at onlyhennikerbruce
Henniker BAC Suggests Budget Cut
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School Choice for NH Family Profile: Unschooling Benefits
I have been a home schooling mom for over ten years. I have four daughters. Two have graduated and two are in their high school years now. There are many attributes of home schooling and unschooling that have appealed to and benefited our family over the years, but I’ll mention just a few main ones. | Keep Reading at School Choice for NH
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Legislation Proposes State Takeover of Education (HB 1497)
HB 1497 is legislation proposes the STATE take over your local public school.
BI-PARTISAN SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10
This is a “takeover” document. If the state does not like a school district’s plan for improving poor test scores after two consecutive years, the state will implement their own plan on the school. | More at CNHT
There Can Be No Indigenous People’s Day – The North American Continent Doesn’t Have Any
A Democrat lawmaker has proposed legislation to follow Durham, New Hampshire’s lead and change Columbus Day to ‘Indigenous People’s’ Day. I’ve already offered my thoughts on the matter at great length so I won’t repeat those here. Instead, I will point out the most obvious foil. There are no Indigenous People in New Hampshire or anywhere else in North America.
There are only the people whose ancestors arrived before ours. |Keep Reading at GraniteGrok
A Renewed Push To Raise New Hampshire’s Marriage Age To 18
Next legislative session, New Hampshire lawmakers will again take up the question of how young is too young to get married.
The minimum legal age for marriage in the state right now is 13 for girls and 14 for boys, though at that age the couple would need permission from both a judge and from parents. | Read More at NHPR
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Marijuana Policy To Be Debated At N.H. Statehouse
In September, possessing three-fourths of an ounce of marijuana became a violation rather than a crime. Those caught get a $100 fine and no jail time.
But before the law changed, people were arrested for having this amount and that arrest remains on their records. Senate Minority Leader Jeff Woodburn, D-Whitefield, and 12 other lawmakers from both parties want to change that. | Keep Reading at NHPR
To Silence One Commissioner NH Democrats Would Use The Government to Silence Them All.
… The legislation, SB466, was “introduced” the day after the tweet triggered delicate partisan political Pajama-Boy Pappas, with all but one State Senate Democrat listed as a sponsor.
That’s a mighty powerful statement. |Read more at GraniteGrok.com
N.H. House Early Action Could Advance Educational Choice Measure
When the New Hampshire House convenes in the first week of January in 2018, SB 193 will be on the agenda, establishing education savings accounts for the benefit of New Hampshire children meeting eligibility requirements. | Keep Reading at nhcornerstone.org
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House bill proposes change to business filings requirements
You don’t have to register with the state to do business in New Hampshire, as long as you do it under your own name.
HB1434 would change that, at least for all businesses with employees or those that make more than $75,000 in annual gross income. | Keep Reading at NHBR
SHOULD NH USERS OF MEDICINAL POT BE ASKED TO VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER THEIR GUNS?
Honolulu’s police department recently sent letters to registered medicinal pot users, stating they had 30 days to voluntarily turn in their guns—that is, until public outcry prompted a review and ultimate reversal of the policy. … he department issued the order because federal law prohibits anyone who uses illegal substances from owning a firearm, and—so far as the federal government is concerned—marijuana is still a controlled drug. | Keep Reading at LFDA.org
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