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HOHENSEE: Privacy Rights

September 16, 2025 Doris Hohensee

With State Funding Comes State Regulation Every recipient of a state-funded Education Freedom Account (EFA) is considered to be a “public education student”, even if they attend a private school, according to our former Commissioner of Education. This is because public money is being used to fund their non-public education. A unique student identifier number … Read more

City of Manchester Sued to Stop Mayor Craig’s Illegal Elm Street Spy Cams

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Four petitioners with the help of the ACLU-NH have filed a lawsuit in Manchester. They seek to stop Mayor Craig and the city from installing (illegal) surveillance cameras on Elm Street.

Weare Rep Neal Kurk Not Running for Re-election

September 26, 2018June 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

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WMUR is reporting that Weare, NH House Rep Neal Kurk will not seek a 17th term.

Kurk, a fiscal watchdog and privacy hawk, is in his 16th term in the House, and according to several sources, has decided not to seek a 17th term in 2018. During many of those terms, Kurk chaired the House’s most powerful committee, which plays a huge role in the development of the state budget and has significant input on all fiscal matters.

Neal Kurk’s Assault on the Truth

September 26, 2018May 6, 2018 Ed Mosca

To understand why Representative Kurk is #FullofSchiff, we need to understand how SB 193 works. From a prior post:

The bill provides that an “eligible student” can receive a grant from the State equal to 95 percent of the per-pupil funding the State provides to municipalities to pay for the cost of an “adequate education” (currently $3,636.00) in order to fund an “education freedom savings account.” The account must be opened through an approved scholarship organization and the funding can be used to pay only for “qualifying educational expenses.”

Give It Back

September 26, 2018May 5, 2010 Steve MacDonald

From this morning’s Union Leader; the Legislature is looking at an insurance premium tax change. Apparently someone was granted decreases in exchange for a promise of creating more jobs. Jobs were not created to their satisfaction so the elected officials see no reason to continue to support the reduced taxation. Neal Kurk (R-Weare) was quoted … Read more