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Christopher Maidment “How many ‘Red Flags’ Do You See in These Photos from Kentucky Gun Owners Swarming the Capitol?” is the headline from Yahoo! News, who shared an Equire post about the protests in Frankfurt on Friday. One thing is certain, the protestors that gathered to oppose a Red Flag Law in KY certainly triggered the liberal … Read more
The New Hampshire Career Academy enrollment opened yesterday. So, what it is, and why do we care? It’s a charter school embedded into NH’s Community College system that’s open to high school seniors. Career Academy is “built on a premise of win-win in which students gain exciting career pathway opportunities and employers and CCSNH are … Read more
The State Police issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) for a small white sedan with Massachusetts plates and a Bernie for President sticker on it. It is reported that three black males are wanted for an armed home invasion in Bow, New Hampshire. They were reportedly armed with a rifle, a shotgun, and a … Read more
New Hampshire’s Education Tax Credits survive Senate Committee, unanimously. The New Hampshire Senate Ways & Means Committee held a hearing this morning on the Education Tax Credits. Well, they heard a bill to alter the program, that is. All five members of the Committee voted to ITL (kill) the bill. They are: Majority Leader Dan … Read more
In 2012 New Hampshire’s legislature passed a Concurrent Resolution requesting an Article V Constitutional Convention of States, one of the two ways to amend the Constitution. ‘We’ did this, requesting a Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution, in 1979 also, and a handful of times before that for other various reasons. On Wednesday, the … Read more
We’ve heard this line a few times already this Presidential cycle from some minority fringe candidates who needed something to blame for their lack of support: New Hampshire is too white. And so is Iowa. Therefore, we don’t deserve the First in the Nation Primary, duh. Now, Rich Old White Bloomberg is playing the same … Read more
The Learn Everywhere program was an innovative program passed into law that allowed the Commissioner and Board of Education to create rules that allowed curriculum performed outside of the classroom to count for High School credit. Each School District, if the rules were adopted, would be ‘forced’ to accept said credits, even if performed by … Read more
Yep, end of the decade coming up – so I’ll post a few “best of” posts over the next couple days. Let’s start with Political Ads. 2010: Dale Peterson, Alabama Ag Commissioner 2011: Have you slept with Rick Perry? Apparently someone wants to know. 2012: Paul Ryan kills Grandma 2013: Minneapolis Mayor “Wake the F— … Read more
For decades we have been told to reduce our carbon footprint, reduce emissions, and be better stewards of the environment. It was so important, we were told, that the Government actually subsidized some of these goals. Hybrid cars and high efficiency vehicles (better MPG) were touted as the way forward – and the government would … Read more
Cato famously said in the Roman Senate “Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.” It’s been shortened to Carthago delenda est. I say, DC Delenda Est. In English it translates plainly to “DC must be defeated.” Today, the US House is voting to impeach the third president in the history of our country. This will be the … Read more
Data Point: Record NH Job Growth Continues! Setting New Records! Unemployment rate – 2.6%Jobs Created – 1,410 in November; 10,710 from Nov ’18Workforce increased by 1,470; 12,380 since Nov ’18 The economy in New Hampshire continues to BOOM. PRESS RELEASE: NH Unemployment Security Administrative Office New Hampshire’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2019 … Read more
The trillion dollar omnibus spending bill returns! Hoo-ray! Omnibus:om·ni·bus/ˈämnəˌbəs/Learn to pronounce adjective 1. comprising several items. “Congress passed an omnibus anticrime spending package” (reformatted, Google Dictionary) Ah, a trillion dollar spending bill. It actually comes with a second part. Collectively, the two bills are two thousand three hundred and thirteen pages. 2,313. Congress critters are … Read more
All our state’s students deserve the best education possible, and many people contribute to making that happen. Parents, teachers and school officials are all critical in the effort to educate our kids and help them unlock their potential. But our state legislators are also important, because they help set the overall approach that schools take … Read more
You know that we Groksters will call out malice on either side of the aisle when appropriate, and this time it’s a Republican who has earned the spotlight. A representative from one of the most republican districts in New Hampshire has put in two very, very, anti-liberty bills. One of those bills will create a … Read more
Campaign Finance Reports! Yay! (Sarcasm, sort of.) There is usually a lot of material that comes out of campaign finance reports for State races, which we’ve written about before. Yesterday’s filings show that one NH Senator, Shannon Chandley, raised only $5 in district. Five bucks. Related: SoS Website – Search Filed Reports That doesn’t include … Read more
Governor Sununu was forced to veto a slew of bills in 2019 that would have increased or created taxes. In 2020, he’ll likely be made to do it again. Two democrats propose a NH Sales Tax of 4.3% in addition to all the other new taxes and tax increases that will inevitably reach the Governor’s … Read more
Legislative Service Requests (LSRs) are turning into bills now, with numbers, titles, and text. They’re coming in fast now, with hundreds already assigned numbers and committees for legislative work in January. One such bill would enable a new minimum wage for prisoners, at a cost of over $9 million annually to the taxpayer. ‘Prison pay’ … Read more
The Red Arrow Diner in Milford abruptly closed its doors, leaving some employees without a job only a few weeks before the Christmas holiday (or Chanukah for those who practice Judaism.) And, gosh darn capitalism came to the rescue again! In this case, the Copper Door saves the day. New Hampshire has an unemployment rate … Read more
Vehicle safety inspections don’t accomplish what they’re supposed to, and 36 states don’t have periodic safety inspections for passenger vehicles according to Wikipedia. A bill introduced this year in New Hampshire would similarly do away with our annual safety inspections. So, should NH repeal vehicle inspections? House Bill 1114, sponsored by Rep. Conley (Prime), Straf. … Read more
