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With a few weeks left, it does not appear as if we can even get close to our fundraising target. I wanted to raise $20,000 and we are not even close. I attribute this to my inability to fundraise or to ask people who can probably afford it to write checks, but I am grateful … Read more
It’s time to revisit SB255, Kevin Avard’s telecommunications surcharge. He sponsored it at the behest of Senator Twitley’s beloved far-left New Futures. It’s not dead. It had been in suspended animation since Regina tabled it on March 27, but it came out of hibernation on Monday afternoon in the Budget Committee of Conference, just a … Read more
The State budget and Trailer bill are a biennial fascination that are increasingly used to accomplish tasks that could not be done through the legislative process alone. “Putting it in the budget” is an ordinary course of action. Didn’t pass? Stuff it in the budget. I’m not a fan, but if you’re willing to overlook … Read more
This week, the House met to consider action on all bills that had different House and Senate versions. Most committees of conference – including those on the budget and two bills from my committee – were set up in advance, since that action doesn’t need the entire House to approve. On other bills, committee chairmen … Read more
We have a “spending problem” at the Grafton County Complex, and transparency and open government have been non-existent since April 22, 2025, when Chairwoman Martha McLeod curtailed the viewing of Grafton County Commissioners’ meetings online. Is this why? A burdensome 9.41% tax increase of the Grafton County Budget (Fiscal Year…July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) is … Read more
New Hampshire raises the bar! Governor Kelly Ayotte signed SB295 and HB10 into law, locking in Education Freedom Accounts for all and the Parental Bill of Rights in New Hampshire. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Agree? Disagree? Submit Op-Eds … Read more
Hamlet’s famous soliloquy ponders mortality through the filter of our insufferable experience, littered with brief moments of joy versus the mystery of what awaits us in death. Or, something like that. The inner voice explores existential crisis. In keeping with my impromptu (as in unplanned) climate content Friday, while reporting this morning on the demise … Read more
NH Residents and Granite Staters. Please call or email NH Governor Kelly Ayotte and urge her to sign House Bill HB148. This bill will protect Women’s rights to our own spaces and sports in NH. Please tell others in New England to call or email the Governor. Her email and phone number are below. Thank … Read more
(Manch Talk 06-11-25) This week, Carla Gericke covers the developing scandal from the recent 2025 DHS Report about Jeanne Shaheen pulling favors to get special treatment for her husband from the TSA, what a privatized air industry could look like, PorcFest, and more! Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok … Read more
Much is said and known about federal government overreach. But unfortunately, very few understand that this overreach is out of control in many states as well. In New Hampshire, supposedly the “Live Free or Die” state, there is an effort to change current law regarding child endangerment to make it easier for law enforcement to … Read more
NH Journal ran an article yesterday that was written by Ed Wonton, complaining about parts of HB649 being inserted into HB 2. I’d like to see the whole bill, in its original form, inserted into the budget, but there’s at least some merit to accepting half a loaf when getting all of what you want … Read more
Nashua Alderman Derek Thibeault’s May 31, 2025, Union Leader op-ed response to my piece on the dangers of politicizing public input does more to affirm my concerns than refute them. In attempting to discredit me personally, rather than addressing the underlying issues I raised, he reinforces the troubling pattern of dismissing dissent that is taking … Read more
It is not news that Nogfu Spring Water acquired a large property adjacent to the Pennichuck Water Plant. It’s been the talk of the town, so to speak, the state, and now the nation. Nongfu says it wants to sell beverages and needs access to water. Pennichuk says it has an agreement to sell water … Read more
This week, Keith and Julian are joined by Michael A. Letts, Founder, President, and CEO of In-Vest USA, on why Trump has no choice but to send in the National Guard. And then Bruce de Torres, Director of Communications of American Small Business League, joins the program to advocate for Small Business owners in riot-torn … Read more
Ever since the resurgence of BLM 5 years ago, many people have retooled the saying in the image of their own important issues. “(Your passionate issue here) matters.” Look no further than HB446, which is fortunately on its way to the Corner Office right now. That bill makes non-academic surveys opt-in by parental consent. Most … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 9, 2025 Liberty Organizations Unite in Support of Landmark “Parental Rights Package” Urging Governor Ayotte’s Signature Concord, NH — A coalition of leading liberty-focused organizations in New Hampshire is calling on Governor Kelly Ayotte to sign a sweeping legislative package aimed at reinforcing the rights of parents to direct and control the … Read more
This past week the Senate voted to pass HB 701, a right to try expansion that would give terminally ill patients greater access to next generation treatments in development. The bill has already passed in the NH House. Unfortunately, the bill was amended to include the requirement that patients undergoing these treatments have a condition … Read more
On June 3rd, New Hampshire’s Judicial Branch published an update requesting public comment on court efficiency. “Our efficiency committee has been working hard and taking feedback from rank and file members of the judicial branch as well as key stakeholders related to how we can maximize the efficient use of public resources and streamline and coordinate … Read more
There is great value, when considering a question, to instead consider a generalization of the question. Then, having answered the more general question, you get the answers to more specialized versions for free, and you know they’re consistent with each other. This is actually a pretty large part of what we call thinking. Here’s an … Read more
New Hampshire Governor Ayotte signed HB230 on Friday, limiting the ability of local public health officials to engage in the kind of public health tyranny that was common during the COVID-19 era. The statute relating to the adoption of local health ordinances was amended to remove language that implied a broad range of authority. I. … Read more