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A proposed amendment to Act 73, Vermont’s sweeping education reform law, would create a single, unified statewide school district in which parents would allocate tuition dollars to any public school. The proposal was introduced by sponsor Steve Heffernan (R-Addison) on Wednesday afternoon in Senate Education. The amendment would move Vermont toward a Unified School System designed to … Read more
As a good friend and blogging peer of Rick Olson, the President of the Londonderry Fish and Game Club [LFGC], I have long been aware of the false accusations against them and the defamation suit they filed in response. Some local Litchfield residents who bought a home near a gun club that had been there … Read more
And Now We Know Why NH’s AG Would Have “Tanked” The Automobile Inspections Case. This post follows up on our post, Did New Hampshire’s Attorney General Deliberately ‘Tank’ The Automobile Inspections Case?, where we discussed the Attorney General’s failure to properly defend the lawsuit brought by Gordon-Darby to block a law scheduled to go into effect … Read more
Faith, Conviction & ProLifeStickers.com This week on The Ever-Living Podcast, Jason and Jessica sit down with Gabriel Dionisi for a thoughtful conversation on faith, culture, and living with conviction in a divided world. They explore personal transformation, worldview foundations, and how everyday believers can engage tough topics with clarity and courage. It’s honest, practical, and … Read more
If you haven’t already heard about HB1811 as a bill to support (repealing statutory immunization requirements for children), you haven’t been paying attention to memos from groups like RebuildNH and Health Freedom NH. It’s a vax policy bill that would end mandatory childhood vaccines that Team Red failed to unify behind (OTP 155-192). Who are … Read more
How media denial and ideological capture bury women’s safety—and my fight at the NH Statehouse to stop it. The Transgender Lie Is Killing People—And the Media Is Helping Bury the Bodies Two mass shootings in one week. Two biological males lost in delusions of womanhood. Two public massacres that shattered families and communities. And a … Read more
Allowing families to choose their school is fantastic for education, something we fully embrace in Croydon, as one of the state’s pioneering districts in school choice. Open Enrollment has the potential to be a great advancement. But unfortunately, its proposed design will lead to terrible unintended consequences. In Croydon, it will most likely lead to … Read more
Attorney Diana Fenton has been nominated to be New Hampshire’s new Child Advocate. If confirmed by the Executive Council on March 2nd, she would be in charge of independent oversight of all child-serving systems in the state, with particular focus on DCYF. Her ties to the family court, the attorney general’s office, and DCYF, as … Read more
This week, on Right Side Up, we discuss solar siting, the Act 181 land grab, and the Education nightmare. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit … Read more
Vermont, once famous for its dairy – I dig a good Vermont Cheddar – is getting cheesy in other ways. Progressive legislators, some of them elected as actual progressives, are always looking for ways to steal money from people. Two facts or rules of progressive political life. First, when it comes to the Elected Left … Read more
Rep. Kristin Noble’s HB 1268, the Home Education Freedom Act, is one of the strongest pro-liberty home education reforms introduced in our state. This legislation ends burdensome state requirements like mandatory notice, portfolios, and end-of-year evaluations for homeschooling families. Instead, it ensures that New Hampshire treats homeschool education with respect and trust, giving parents the authority and flexibility … Read more
House Bill 1792 would prohibit the teaching of ‘Marxist analyses’ in public schools. But the entire public school system is funded on the basis of Marxist philosophy: https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/10/the-accidental-marxist https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/10/the-accidental-marxist-part-2 https://granitegrok.com/new-england/nh/2025/01/groucho-marxism Interestingly, the bill would prohibit discussions in public schools about how those schools are funded. ‘Inconsistent’ doesn’t even begin to describe this situation. I don’t … Read more
Turning Family Zoned Neighborhoods Into Strip Malls In 2025, the New Hampshire Republican “crazy-caucus,” with Democrat support, gutted the ability of cities/towns to maintain single-family zoned neighborhoods. For example, a State law (House Bill 457) was passed that allows houses in single-family-zoned neighborhoods to be converted into boarding houses. As a result, Blackstone or some … Read more
This week, my division of Finance met on four bills referred from other committees. HB 241, on insurance coverage of pain management services, had been amended by the previous committee to eliminate the coverage mandates, only requiring an insurance plan to have people with chronic pain able to access treatments other than opioids. The sponsor, … Read more
For better or worse, the Vermont Legislature has not yet passed any bills into law this year. The Senate last week passed two controversial anti-ICE bills. Both bills passed by a 27-2 roll call vote with only Sens. Russ Ingalls (R-Essex) and Terry Williams (R-Rutland) voting no. Both bills now move over to the Vermont … Read more
Just before I took off for a week’s family vacation, Senator Andrew Perchlik (D/P-Washington) held a press conference flanked by Secretary of State Sara Copeland Hanzas (D-VT) where they were handing out $10,000 and $5000 checks to a bunch of local media outlets. Oh, this is bad, I said to myself with some excitement. I’ve … Read more
This week, Keith Hanson is back to interview New Hampshire State Senator Keith Murphy on Granite State Live. The topic is education funding, and both Keiths are joined by Tom Murray and Ken Eyring from the Government Integrity Project. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, … Read more
Do y’all recall when Kelly Ayotte ran, successfully, for U.S. Senator in 2010? She ran as a hard-liner on Illegal Immigration. She promised a secure border and to oppose amnesty. She even wanted to make English the official language and end birthright citizenship. But by 2013, Ayotte was supporting “comprehensive immigration reform,” which is that … Read more
The leadership of the House Ways & Means Committee wants nothing to do with allowing Vermonters to access a One Big Beautiful Bill tax credit that would give them a dollar-for-dollar return on money contributed to private school scholarships. Ways and Means, the committee with oversight over all tax policy and legislation, on Wednesday discussed … Read more
I realize not all of my readers are in Vermont, but the issue of a young student trying to bring intellectual light into Vermont’s progressively darkened schools is of national interest. It is shameful that there are many who want to allow only one political voice, including in public schools, often indoctrinating children into far-left … Read more