Mar 22, 2009
Public hearings for HB 367 and HB 368 were held on February 11, 2009. About 1,000 people turned out to show their disapproval of these two bills. The House Education Committee met in executive session on March 5, 2009 to decide whether to recommend ITL or OTP these...
Mar 21, 2009
CNHT has received the usual increased number of complaints about ‘compelled speech’ violations which is sadly, a typical situation around election time. Complaints have poured in from those in towns in NH who received emails, mailings, phone calls, saw...
Mar 21, 2009
Superior Court Judge Diane Nicolosi struck down the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition’s proposal that the city of Concord should limit spending and tax increases to the previous year’s national consumer price index, even though a cap could be overridden by...
Mar 21, 2009
March 21, 2009 Nashua Telegraph CONCORD – The House tax-writing committee endorsed new taxes on capital gains and estates to help support the next two-year state budget. “They were recommended because they were needed for the budget,” said state Rep. Susan...
Mar 20, 2009
This is National Sunshine Week. In the following piece, the repeal of the secrecy laws that kept government records out of the public eye for so long, is championed by the Executive Director of Pennsylvania’s new Office of Open Records. He is charged with making...
Mar 19, 2009
In what had to be one of the most unusual ways to decide a selectman’s race in Deering NH, John Greene’s tie with his opponent (160-160) was decided with a coin toss – in his favor. His opponent then asked for a recount which resulted in the same...