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The Subtitle that’s driving this: “Tolerance is fine but acceptance is the goal.” Title IX simply reads: Title IX simply reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving … Read more
Last year several parents, including myself, began warning school administrators about a child sexual predator attending the high school girl’s soccer games. Several parents went to work to not only warn administrators, but to address the court system that allowed Marc Jacques to roam freely at these soccer games. FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: Marc … Read more
With a nod to our partners in crime over at the Vermont Daily Chronicle, it appears that Trump’s order to label that big body of water to the south of our Gulf Coast, The Gulf of America, has inspired others to embrace similar – even if only tongue in cheek – renamings. The Gulf of … Read more
Discover reliable, eco-friendly junk removal in New Hampshire. Our review covers top providers including Grunber, Greenway Disposal, New England EcoHaul, Local Cleanup Crew, and Prime Junk Solutions.
Consider this an open letter to the House Election Law committee, which I’ve already emailed several members of. If you happen to live in Hollis, Brookline, Mason or Greenville, pay close attention because HB 130 (relative to the arrangement of candidates on primary election ballots) has only one sponsor, and he’s YOUR rep. Good afternoon, … Read more
Thank you to everyone who came out to the public hearing on Feb. 11! There was little opposition and overwhelming support! (HB657-FN – abolishing the family division, creating the optional office of the family mediation & reassigning the jurisdiction to ensure due process and civil rights) HB657-FN Press ReleaseHB657-FN Key Points In case you missed … Read more
From the Women’s Defense League A critical gun control hearing will take place on Thursday, February 20th, at 1:45 PM in the NH Senate Judiciary Committee, Room 100 in the NH State House. The hearing will be on Senate Bill 144 – authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes … Read more
This week, my committee continued public hearings. HB 192, ratifying the recommendations of the joint committee on employee classification, included a lesson on how the JCEC evaluates pay scales for state employees. This bill included a number of revised positions, but forgot to include a medical director in the department of corrections, which was included … Read more
Zoie Saunders serves as Vermont’s Secretary of Education, appointed by Governor Phil Scott. Before this role, she was the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for Broward County Public Schools in Florida. Saunders has a background in educational leadership, having worked with Charter Schools USA as well. Her appointment in Vermont was relatively contentious, initially rejected … Read more
Send this to your school board and Superintendent. When you look at your school’s proficiency scores in math, you might be surprised that many students have not reached proficiency in mathematics. This might help them figure out where the problems exist. 1)Find your school’s proficiency scores HERE: https://www.education.nh.gov/who-we-are/division-of-educator-and-analytic-resources/iplatform2) Scroll down and click on IReport3) Scroll … Read more
New Hampshire’s housing shortage, and the price spike that it created, has made housing the No. 1 problem facing the state, according to University of New Hampshire polling. Fixing the state’s housing shortage is such a priority for voters that a 2024 UNH poll found more than 1/3 of voters rating it as the top problem, … Read more
This week Carla discusses the latest in NH’s hot real estate market, more on the USAID scandal, Trusk’s DOGE, and more! . Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages.
Progressives create government task force to protect illegals and expose citizens to risks. President Donald Trump has not announced any plans to deport foreigners who are legally in the US. Rather, he’s focusing federal resources solely on protecting Americans from violent offenders. Still, progressive ideologues across the nation have rallied to “protect” people illegally in … Read more
A few days ago, we reported on what we thought was “an issue” with the New Hampshire legislature’s online reporting portal. The Granite State lets you “sign-in” to the legislature’s website to show support or opposition to a bill and even provide written testimony. This was adopted (presumably) because a lot of people can’t be … Read more
Today we began the day with a joint legislative session with the Senate to hear the Governor’s budget presentation. We learned that the Governor delivered to the House and Senate a budget that allocates more money to education and communities, contains no new tax increases, and focuses on the housing crisis and supports law enforcement. … Read more
Remember that old 70s commercial for Wrigley’s Doublemint gum? It would say “double your pleasure.” Voting the wrong way on HB238 is one way to pleasure the old battle axe, and 25 Rs just voted to indefinitely postpone the Right to Work bill. Keeping in mind that Queen Sharon (Carson) is also an enemy of … Read more
This week, my committee continued public hearings. HB 180, on critical incident stress management teams, made some minor clarifying tweaks and deleted the requirement for a qualifying test by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. This national group gives standards for training, but the post-training test costs $400, which is too much for many of … Read more
In the first half-hour, Mke Rogers joins me to talk through the legal challenges being erected to prevent Donald Trump from exposing the deep state; suits, courts, states, and more. In the second half-hour, I am joined by Kimberly Morin from the Women’s Defense League. We talk gun bills in the Granite State, from dopey … Read more
Newly Minted New Hampshire State Senator Victoria Sullivan has a bill before the Senate that would prohibit student ID as proof of residency for voting purposes. SB223 had its first hearing yesterday morning, and it did not lack for naysayers, especially since the bill had a hook. This bill provides for in-state tuition at any … Read more
Many people are giving up on public schools. Districts demand more and more money; student proficiency keeps dropping; and federal mandates keep stacking up, distracting students away from academics and towards social-emotional learning, behavior modification, and other federal agendas. Rather than fix the public schools, some prefer universal Education Freedom Accounts, really vouchers, without any … Read more