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Vermont’s Minimum wage rose to over 14$ an hour for the first time on January 1st, 2025. We reported on that give to the Granite State here. It turns out the State of Maine was already meddling in that range as it just raised its rate on J1 from $14.15 to $14.65 per hour. First, thank … Read more
The Left still owns the media and, therefore, the message. Right or wrong, what the media says is the truth for half the country, and the Left has already started its mission to disrupt or destroy the Trump Presidency. They begin by trying to break the bond between Trump and his followers. By constantly attacking … Read more
With Rand Paul’s birthday coming up on January 7, the day before the New Hampshire House meets next, it’s a good time to call attention to someone exactly 9 years older and perhaps the polar opposite. He’s a very nasty loudmouth rep from a purple town, and this article serves to better acquaint freshman reps, … Read more
The college football season finally ends on January 20 with a national championship game. Finally. Recall that college football games used to cease after the New Year’s Day Bowl extravaganzas featuring Rose, Cotton, Sugar, and Orange. Then, there’d be a poll to determine the national champion. Times have changed. Inevitably, there was controversy over those polls. Sometimes, … Read more
I watched the news and read the alerts as they hit my iPad throughout the day, and I sensed disappointment when the terrorist in New Orleans turned out to be a U.S. citizen. It is much easier to get angry at these senseless incidents when the villain is an outsider. When the person who pulls … Read more
As we reach the quarter-century mark in the new millennium, it’s worth looking back on what the politics of this era have done for (or, spoiler alert, “to”) Vermont. First, some important historical context: The last time Vermont Republicans had a majority in the Senate was 1996. The last time Vermont Republicans had a majority … Read more
On New Year’s Day in New Orleans, on a famous stretch of road known as Bourbon Street, a US citizen used a rented pickup truck to kill twenty people and wound many more. This mass casualty event – we can’t say mass shooting because the only individual to die from gunfire was the perp when … Read more
As we turn the page on 2024 and look ahead to 2025, we see two diametrically opposed plans on the left and right. The Left made a mockery of the act of turning the page during the campaign, and they are getting what they asked for but were in the wrong book. They believed in … Read more
It’s that time of the year again when the School and Town budgets are presented to taxpayers at the town meetings. This is the time to ensure you are part of the process so your elected representatives understand what you expect from them. Pembroke voters rejected a $3 million dollar school budget last year, indicating … Read more
Marc Jacques isn’t just any admitted and convicted sex offender arrested for possessing child pornography. He is world famous. His hijinks at girls’ soccer games, where he watched his son compete as a girl, got national attention, likely – in my opinion – as a result of having groomed him so he’d have easy access … Read more
A federal asset forfeiture program known as equitable sharing provides law enforcement agencies with a major loophole, allowing them to continue seizing property almost unabated – even when state laws seek to limit such practices. WHAT IS ASSET FORFEITURE? Civil asset forfeiture is the process by which governments seize cash or property that was allegedly … Read more
The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution brought a decisive end to slavery in the United States in 1865. The amendment enshrines important principles of justice—self-ownership, individual liberty, and equality before the law. The amendment declares that, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been … Read more
On Monday, a young woman from New Hampshire was featured prominently in a front-page Wall Street Journal story. She didn’t found a company or create a valuable new product. Quite the opposite; she spent the summer canvassing for the Democratic Socialists of America in New York City, where she hopes to get socialist Zohran Mamdani … Read more
Numerous mainstream media outlets are deliberately lying to American parents about the law regarding COVID-19 vaccines. In August, Vermont’s Supreme Court that ruled a six-year-old boy administered a COVID-19 vaccine against his parents’ specific instructions that he not be jabbed has no state tort remedies and that the family’s sole recourse is a federal claim … Read more
You can call it the ‘Michael Reynolds Law,’ after the Burlington-area transient with more than 1600 police interactions since 2012 and still going strong this month with reported abusive, disruptive, threatening behavior. Or you could call it the ‘Abdirahman Mohammed Law,’ after the 22-year-old Burlington man with a mere 35 run-ins with law enforcement, 11 … Read more
In each of the last few sessions, Democrats get incensed by the idea that “We do not co-parent with the Government!” Support for Parental Rights legislation is an “IN YOUR FACE” rebuttal to the idea that “It takes a village” is part of the Sacred Texts of The Collective – with ITS nuance that we … Read more
When the end of another year rolls around, it is not a bad idea to think about how we might improve ourselves and perhaps even improve the lives of others, given the clean slate of a New Year. Many people resolve to exercise more, eat better, and spend more time with their families. These are … Read more
The Democrat party, exemplified by those fighting to ruin New Hampshire and make it less than the worst of the New England States, has an image problem. Its most recent standard-bearer stood for nothing or, at best, whatever Biden was, which wasn’t good. Funding Foreign wars that kill tens of thousands to “create” good-paying American … Read more
Grok Media LLC and GraniteGrok.com will feature an exclusive new podcast beginning on January 7th. Every Tuesday, Granite State Live will stream from 7 pm to 9 pm ET on Granite Grok’s X account and here on GraniteGrok.com. We will also carry and archive the replay on-site and on our Rumble Channel. Keith Hanson and … Read more
This is a follow-up email sent to the Superintendent of SAU65/Kearsarge. Dear Superintendent Fortney, I am taking my time to inquire about any steps you or your staff have taken to alert families in the school district about the crimes committed by Marc Jacques. Not only was he walking freely around children, soccer players, and … Read more