Media Blocks More IB Info to MVSD Parents

The Merrimack Valley School District of NH is seriously considering implementing the expensive program known as International Baccalaureate on a district-wide basis. On the school district’s website, is featured a slide show that supposedly contains all the...

GOP’s Right to Know request may highlight law’s gray areas

April 26, 2009 Laconia Citizen Recent GOP right to know requests may put to the test our current right to know laws. Aside from that it seems that Democrats cannot escape bathroom scandals. We recall when Governor Benson was accused of spending $250,000 to renovate a...

Place Your Bets

April 24, 2009 Steve Mac Donald The people’s House killed gambling by a 4 to 1 margin, and across party lines, but as many as twenty paid lobbyist hacks for the gaming industry have marched on the State Senate because gambling addiction isn’t limited to...

Dems in NH Statehouse ratcheting up taxes

April 24, 2009 Seacoast Online “Serious damage is being done in Concord and if the Democrats remain in control after the next election, it will only get worse. These folks have found that slowly ratcheting up taxes and spending is easy and may even be under the...

New Hampshire’s New Report Card

by Hon. Paul Mirski The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just released its 2009 “Rich States Poor States” report ranking the economic potential of all the states. New Hampshire, flying high in 2007, has received a flunking grade. In just two short...

We are being set up for an income tax

April 23, 2009 Union Leader Article by Ted Gatsas “Let’s look at the trial balloons. Currently, the state has an interest and dividends tax of 5 percent. The House has added to that a 5 percent tax on capital gains, an 8 percent death tax and a 10 percent...