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Next, On Granite State Live: Failing New Hampshire’s Children …

January 23, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Watch live on Tuesday the 28th as we dive into New Hampshire’s failure to protect children. From the Sununu Center and sexual and physical abuse to DCYF and Family Court. But wait, there’s more!

So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (03/23/23)?

March 24, 2023 Judy Aron

We learned that it was a very disappointing day for House Republicans and we lost many good bills either to Inexpedient To Legislate (ITL) or to the Table, and had some really bad bills move onto the Senate. House Democrats had many wins. Again, numbers matter.

What happens in NH Prisons?

November 30, 2022 Op-Ed

Do you know what is really happening behind NH prison bars? To find out what goes on there, you would need to talk to someone who was on the inside. Frank Staples could help you with that. He was there and is willing to share his story with us.

What About Adam Cordano and Other Children Who Suffered at the Sununu Youth and Services Center?

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Op-Ed

My question is: who fights for the disadvantaged? That’s what I want you to ask yourself as you read the story of Adam Cordano and other children who suffered at the Sununu Youth and Services Center.

State Employee Rapes Girl and Sununu Wants to Help Cover up Future Cases

May 8, 2022 Beth Scaer

In Kevin Landrigan’s column in the Union Leader on April 23, he summarized an article in the Boston Globe that told the story of a young teen girl who was repeatedly raped by a New Hampshire government employee at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester.

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Fund for Victims of Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence Is Lipstick on a Pig

September 20, 2024January 25, 2022 Claire Best

I commend AG John Formella for being the first AG to recognize the horrors and speedy effort to set up a fund to pay the victims of abuse in the centers. However, I also have to say that the proposed fund is effectively lipstick on a pig.

Girard Opposes Using Sununu Center as State Psychiatric Facility

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Steve MacDonald

MANCHESTER, NH. April 13, 2021—Reacting to an April 12, 2021 news report on WMUR TV-9, likely Manchester mayoral candidate Rich Girard said he would oppose the state’s use of the YDC facilities on North River Road as a psychiatric hospital.