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Parents showed up to the recent budget meeting in Merrimack to ask the committee to reconsider what the school administrators are proposing. The school budget, and spending, has climbed by an alarming rate over the last few years, $5M per year since 2021. This is in addition to all of the ESSER (federal) funds Merrimack … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Title: The New Hampshire March for Life, NH’s largest annual human rights demonstration, tomorrow Jan 11 (Concord, NH Jan 10, 2025) New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) welcomes the public and press to join the annual state-wide March for Life in Concord, NH tomorrow, Sat Jan 11. This March is NH’s largest annual human rights demonstration.This year’s … Read more
Nobody expected a virus to remake rural America’s housing market. Here we are, watching property values soar in places like Cornish, New Hampshire, where assessments rocketed up 78% last year (Cornish, NH Official Website, 2024)2. ping from $895 million to $1.6 billion1. Behind these numbers lurks a story of displacement, change, and the unexpected consequences … Read more
Londonderry has the Leach Library, which is overseen by a group of seven Library Trustees on the Library board. Recently, the Trustee Chair stepped down entirely from the board, leaving a vacancy to be filled by appointment until the Town Election in March. What baffles those of us who are conservative in Londonderry is why Liz … Read more
Whenever Republicans hold the majority in the lower chamber of the legislature, they ensure the House Rules allow for concealed carry of a firearm. Democrats repeal the rule and prohibit firearms everywhere they can, when in charge. And they try to get them banned when they are not in charge. We’ve had armed Reps on … Read more
Content Warning Kevin Gagnon’s son is an 8th-grade student at SAU 57 in Salem, NH. His son’s only Christmas wish this year was to return to public school to be with his friends. His father had become increasingly concerned about age-appropriate content in the school libraries. He was already upset by the Covid measures that he … Read more
In response to Ron Willoughby, who is concerned about school spending in Haverhill, NH (“Haverhill Taxpayers-Are you happy?”, Caledonian-Record), he and every Grafton County resident/taxpayer should be deeply concerned about spending at the Grafton County Complex. While there is a minority of Republicans who make up the County Delegation and the Executive Committee, with every … Read more
Transcript above, Video below. Mr. Speaker, Madame President, Mr. Chief Justice, honorable members of the House, Senate, Councilors, former Governors, my fellow citizens: It is humbling to stand before you today. It’s so wonderful to see so many of my family here, especially my parents. Thank you! In this chamber, I see friends, colleagues, and dedicated … Read more
Please humor me for a moment, close your eyes, and picture the Mr Bean meme. It’s a quartet of him standing with his hands on his hips, looking at his watch, sitting Indian style, and lying down. The caption says, “Me waiting for (insert long-awaited item here).” I’m starting with that exercise because, just like … Read more
Today we learned that the first year of the 169th General Court is up and running. Committee assignments have been made, members have been seated, bills have been submitted, and the House today adopted a bunch of new House Rules and voted down a bunch of others. Oh, and new license plates were issued to … Read more
We’ve heard stories about transplant and other patients being denied care for refusing a COVID-19 injection in the past. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now. But not at Dartmouth Hitchcock. It is reportedly denied a life-saving transplant to a patient (Dec 23, 2024) because she never received a COVID-19 injection. Yes, in 2025. … Read more
Just days before Christmas, we followed up on the 197 missing votes in Windham originally reported back in November. Observers from the Secretary of State’s Office had released a report on their experience but made no mention of the difference between the number of ballots and the number of votes. Tom Murray and Ken Eyring … Read more
The Bow School District (Bow) tried to get away with intimidating parents and denying them their constitutional rights, and the Concord Monitor (CM) attempted to provide air cover. Ann Marie Banfield visited this on Sunday. Bow thinks it can suppress the constitutional right to peaceful protest. The School District is in a court battle and … Read more
Welcome to the premier episode of Granite State Live! with Keith Hanson and Terese Bastarche! Live every Tuesday from 7-9 pm ET and replayed here on GraniteGrok.com/Grok Facebook/Grok X This Week: Be part of the program with live call-ins, video call-ins or via email IN studio audio issue gets resolved: jump to min 4 and … Read more
This will be our 5th piece on a proposed NH House Rule Change (over just three days). The change, as explained to us, would allow committees to table any bill, meaning no public hearing. Save time and streamline. Eliminate redundancy. That was the plan, and everyone I’ve since heard was on board. It had bi-partisan … Read more
With the Republicans holding full authority in the NH Senate, NH Reps, Exec Board and Governorship here in NH. In Washington DC, Republicans own the House and Senate along with the President of the US. So why would a Republican County Commissioner of Rockingham County (a PRO-Republican County), choose a Democrat from Portsmouth to become … Read more
Contrary to what Rep. Dan McGuire writes, the proposed rule change to allow committees to table bills without a hearing is a transparent attempt to block the people’s voice. More insidiously, it can be used to shut down what leadership considers “extremist” positions within their own party. A 75% vote in committee to “table” a … Read more
There’s a lot of injustice in the world, and not all its victims have a voice. Enter New Hampshire State Representative Mike Bordes. He’s a ‘republican’ from the Lakes region who voted to allow abortions in the late months of pregnancy. He’s also anti-parental rights and blocked efforts to remove porn from public schools, which … Read more
On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the full New Hampshire House will meet to discuss and vote on proposed changes to the House rules. One of those changes, an amendment to House rules 44-52, would be an undemocratic change to the current legislative process in New Hampshire by preventing the public from speaking and voicing their opinion on … Read more
The NH Suicide Prevention Council (NHSPC) is hosting a breakfast for lawmakers on Wednesday to push its social agenda which includes opposing parents’ rights, indoctrinating children with gender ideology, and sex-change procedures for minors. The council uses the trans suicide myth to blackmail lawmakers into voting against protecting children from gender ideology and experimental medicine … Read more