Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
The Democrats are the party of the New Deal, Civil Rights Act, and the Affordable Care Act. While not perfect, these are milestone policies that are committed to racial and economic justice. Given that marriage of ideals, I should be the perfect contender for a proud Democrat– but I’m not.Â
Fueled by New Hampshire’s low unemployment rate, the Unemployment Trust Fund has grown to a robust balance of just under $400 million. My bill would have added six new steps and topped out at $52,000. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security projections found that with this modest increase in benefits, the trust fund would remain solvent even in the event of a recession similar to 2007.Â
We’ve always been a ‘One Off’ state. No insurance required, no helmet law, we don’t have ‘meaningful’ gun safety laws. Why then, all the fluff (and it is fluff – a pissing contest in our state house) over marijuana laws or lack of them?
When I was 12 years old, my cousin and I were racing our bikes on the street in front of my aunt and uncle’s house. We were gliding, neck and neck, toward the finish line at the end of the curb, when my cousin pulled ahead, and my front tire clipped my cousin’s back tire, launching me over the handlebars, face first, onto the cement.Â
For the record, although I am a registered Republican who homeschools, I AM NOT anti-public education. I am against throwing money at a problem in the name of fixing it and not addressing the real issue; I am against spending our tax money and it going into a black hole.
Lorrie and I have been without a television going on 15 years. Aside from events such as the aforementioned annual religious event of American football, there is precious little that we are tempted to watch in real time.
It took a glorified carnival barker and his billionaire buddies, led by one of the most soulless and reprehensible people on Planet Earth, putting our democracy in grave peril for me to realize that, other than voting and writing a few op-eds along the way, I have not given much to a democracy that has given me everything, mainly my freedoms.Â
In a flip-flop that was as unsurprising as it was disingenuous, Mayor Jay Ruais ditched his opposition to building a new Beech Street School, enabling the $80-plus million project to move forward.
Life sciences industries are driving high growth in economic output, jobs and business creation in New Hampshire. However, New Hampshire could lose momentum on the growth of these ground-breaking companies without additional investment in research and development.
Aside from being one of the most viewed annual sporting events worldwide, the Super Bowl is primarily a celebration of everything American—gluttony, debauchery, consumerism, violence.Â