“Republicans in the House have put forward a broad array of proposals touching on several major policy areas including the opioid crisis, clean drinking water, energy, education, and regulation reform. Our policy committees are ready to get to work, and we’re looking forward to working on these bills in the coming year. We’re proud of the work we did in 2017, including passing a fiscally responsible state budget. The second year of the term sets the tone for the upcoming election, and we believe we’re building a solid resume for the voters to review,” said Hinch. | Read More at NH HouseGOP.com
Berlin NH Businesses Told Election Day ‘I Voted’ Raffle Illegal
Two Berlin businesses are cancelling an Election Day-related raffle after learning the drawing violates state law.
Scene Street, a consignment shop, and Tech Pro, a computer repair store, each planned to give anyone who entered wearing an “I Voted” sticker on Election Day a raffle ticket for various prizes. |Keep Reading at NHPR
Family leave bill clears New Hampshire House panel
A paid family and medical leave bill was approved by the NH House Labor Committee on Tuesday – despite objections from its chair and other Republicans – in what its sponsor, Rep. Mary Giles, D-Concord, called “just the first step in a long process.”
House Bill 628 would set up a state-run family and medical leave insurance program, operating similarly to unemployment insurance. |Keep Reading at NHBR
Eversource Updates Granite Staters on Efforts to Restore Power to ‘Connecticut’ After Storm
New Hampshire continues to assess the damage from a severe wind and rain storm which left thousands without power while causing considerable flooding and downed trees.
Granite Staters without power were further frustrated on Tuesday as Eversource, the state’s largest electric utility, left a mistaken voicemail message promising to restore power in “Connecticut.” | Keep Reading at NH Journal
Kathy Sullivan Admits That SB 193 Will Give Public Schools Money For Nothing
Former New Hampshire Democrat Party Chair Kathy Sullivan, writing in the New Hampshire Union Leader today, admits that passage of SB 193 will give public schools money for students they won’t have to teach. | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Democrats, Education
Tagged ESA's, Kathy Sullivan, Private School, SB 193, taxes
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SDGA Seminar: How NH School District Budgets are Impacted by the State
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How NH School District Budgets are Impacted by the State a School District Budget and Finance workshop November 18, 2017 hosted by the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire. | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok
Posted in Local NH Politics
Tagged Arthur Green, Karen Umberger, SDGA, SDGANH, Seminar
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Students for Life Leader Coming to Dartmouth November 7
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, will bring her “Lies Feminists Tell Tour” to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire on November 7, at 7 p.m. in the Rockefeller building. The public is invited, and the presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period. |Keep Reading at Leaven for the Loaf
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All Charges Dropped Against Manchester Mom Protecting her Family
Today, the Manchester Police Chief personally called Manchester Mom, Alycia Neely, to let her know that the charges brought against her last week were dropped. Political Buzz reported that Neely was arrested for child endangerment because she had a firearm in the glove box of her vehicle and a child in the front seat. | Keep Reading at NH Political Buzz
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Tagged Alycia Neely, Child Endangerment, Kimberly Morin
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Panel on ‘civil discourse’ shut down by uncivil protesters
A panel on “civil discourse” Tuesday at the University of California, Los Angeles was shut down by protesters who refused to vacate the auditorium, forcing the event to be relocated.
According to video of the protest obtained by Campus Reform, one unidentified female began shouting at the panel of speakers—which included such prominent figures as Professor Eugene Volokh and Los Angeles Times Deputy Editorial Page Editor Jon Healey—abruptly accusing them of “not dealing with the reality that we’re facing right now.” | Keep Reading at Campus Reform
Storm Update: At its Height, More than 450k Lost Power in 4th Largest Power Outage in NH History
CONCORD – 3:30 p.m. The New Hampshire Division of Homeland Security Emergency Management says a little over 232,000 people are still without power, many of could remain in the dark for days.
The last time New Hampshire had this many homes without power was the pre-Thanksgiving day storm of 2014. More than 200,000 customers were in the dark as thawed turkeys waited to be cooked. It’s the fourth largest power outage in history. |Read More at NH1
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