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Vermont Republicans on Wednesday unveiled Vermont Promise, a comprehensive legislative agenda focused on making Vermont more affordable, strengthening the economy, and creating opportunities for families, workers, farmers, retirees, and small businesses, Sen. Scott Beck said in a statement. Republicans are the minority in the Vermont Legislature. However, if the GOP picks up seats (as it … Read more
Dr. John Turco at Dartmouth Health is being sued by detransitioner Amanda Stewart for the serious harm she suffered when he put her on high levels of testosterone. Dartmouth Health lost its ability to medically transition kids with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones after laws were passed in New Hampshire to ban those practices, with … Read more
I’ve been using the same featured image for memes for a while. Now and again, I break it up with a holiday-themed version, but for the other 150 days we publish memes each year, you get the same image. I’m looking for a new one. You are going to create it for me. Thanks to … Read more
With the passage into law of House Bill 1300, voters this fall will have the opportunity to cap their local school district budget increases and administration spending. How would this work? Josiah Bartlett Center President Andrew Cline wrote in NH Journal in May about the strange fact that Massachusetts has a statewide property tax cap, but New … Read more
According to a quick look at the most recent calendars from each chamber, Kelly Ayotte has vetoed 30 bills this year. Let’s suppose for a moment that nobody goes rogue or plays hooky in the Senate. The votes are there to stick it to her with a 16-8 roll call. Unfortunately, the House is another … Read more
Editor’s note: The New England Take is off this week but will return next Saturday. A. J. gives a postmortem on his discussion with Andru Volinsky on his 3-3 Tax Savings Plan to fund New Hampshire schools through an income tax. A chat with a dishonest, smug leftist who does not have a solution to … Read more
Former Manchester Police Chief Aldenberg has now replaced Cassandra Sanchez in the Office of Child Advocate. Governor Kelly Ayotte appointed him. Children and their welfare are a lost cause in NH: Let’s not forget that it was Police Chief Aldenberg’s department that never found Harmony Montgomery, who was missing for two years before anything happened … Read more
The Burlington City Council is calling for faster removal of unauthorized vagrant encampments in city parks and other areas where camping is prohibited, urging the administration to begin enforcement actions within about 24 hours of discovering an illegal campsite. The proposed action follows the cancellation of a Sunday, July 19 Burlington Concert Band concert in … Read more
Vermonters will have the opportunity to enshrine two stupid ideas into their constitution this November. Both are Bad Ideas, and to my mind do exactly the opposite of what they claim or intend. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Ep 230 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their … Read more
It was revealed at the Grafton County Commissioners’ Meeting of Tuesday, July 28, 2026 that “…Moody’s Bond Rating for Grafton County has been downgraded from “double A3” to “A1” by Grafton County Assistant Administrator, Hollie Helsholz. According to Wikipedia, “Moody’s Ratings operates on a worldwide scale. It is a major international credit rating agency that evaluates corporate and … Read more
Maine Democrats and just about anyone else who thinks they can flip Maine couldn’t be happier that the Nazi tattoo guy is no longer an albatross around their endorsement necks. Understand, this is all they care about. Bernie, for example, is still not sorry he endorsed Platner. Pappas, the political climber, had to admit that … Read more
Thank you, Nancy West, for the update on Jay Lucas and his pleading guilty to money laundering fraud. Ironically, Jay Lucas came up in my research when I wrote the following article in Granite Grok in February 2024 about the strange case of Alex Talcott and his murder by his wife, who was also involved … Read more
Democrats in New Hampshire are lazy liars. I mean, seriously, at least make some effort. Take Silver-Spoon Stefany Shaheen, for example. She’s running for Congress. Another millionaire Dem exercising their privilege. She’s got name recognition, and her only viable opponent in the primary is Maura Sullivan, another Dem who probably thinks she’s entitled. They both … Read more
Vermont has a statutory fee on its electric rates that funnels money into something called Efficiency Vermont. It takes tens of millions of dollars out of the economy every year with the goal of using it on things that will ultimately reduce consumption and save more than that cost. The government decided that Vermonters were … Read more
Sometimes the internet lords hand you low-hanging fruit, and this is one such occasion. Just days apart, these two headlines land in my inbox. New Hampshire Schools Rank Top Five in the Nation New Hampshire schools are top five in the nation according to new rankings from WalletHub released today. Governor Kelly Ayotte released the following statement … Read more
By State Representatives Mike Moffett, Jose Cambrils, and Alvin See A political “flyer” circulated in Canterbury criticized that community’s three State Representatives (us) for voting against HB651 earlier this year. A response is required. Sponsored by Rep. Dave Luneau (D-Hopkinton), a long-time proponent of higher state spending, HB651 would almost double the state’s education adequacy payments … Read more
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is no stranger to controversial decisions and has managed to put her finger on the scales of justice of late as she has tried to manipulate the direction of her state and country. Bellows may be the Secretary of State, but she is foremost a Democrat and has done … Read more
Higher electricity prices are coming for Granite Staters this August. As you shake your fist and yell at the electricity gods, just remember one thing: More fuel = lower prices, and that includes the fuel we call natural gas. Confusingly, the media won’t stop suggesting the opposite. Here’s how New Hampshire Public Radio reported on the … Read more
Can this independent make the case for his people? This week, on The New England Take, independent candidate Robbie Mahrou makes the case that he is the best candidate for New Hampshire’s second congressional district by caring about representing Granite Staters, addressing the issues of the current two parties in power, and diving into issues … Read more
Since our faux-milquetoast New Hampshire Dems are playing at being moderates, it is worth revisiting the topic. How do you pretend to go to DC to represent New Hampshire interests when neither of you, Goodlander nor Pappas, is capable of standing up to the radicals who will run your caucus? The nut house has fractured. … Read more