Oct 13, 2008
October 13, 2008 Voter Suppression Made Felony in NH Voter suppression — purposefully preventing a specific group of people from voting — is now a class B felony in New Hampshire, after a bill proposed by state Rep. David Pierce, D-Grafton, became law this spring. The...
Oct 13, 2008
October 14, 2008 by Ed Naile Let’s do some quick math – municipal style. The Atkinson Town Budget has a line item appropriation of $19,000 for Elderly Affairs. This money pays for the jazzed up cruiser Police Chief Consentino uses to shuttle little old ladies to...
Oct 13, 2008
With the elections only weeks away and the economy reeling, voters nationally are looking for candidates they can trust to bring back some stability. Here in New Hampshire, voters ought to be looking for candidates who understand how the state can make things better,...
Oct 11, 2008
Boston Globe CONCORD, N.H.—Every other month Trina Robinson was pouring money into repairs for her 10-year-old Chevy Lumina: $200 here, $300 there for failing ball joints, wheel bearings, struts. The costs — $3,000 in one year alone — were eating into her...
Oct 11, 2008
October 11, 2008 Hudson-Litchfield News Hudson School Board has voted to file suit in New Hampshire’s Supreme Court because they believe that legislation passed and signed into law by Governor John Lynch is unconstitutional. “It’s not that we are against...
Oct 10, 2008
October 10, 2008 Seacoast Online Talking to the former House Ways and Means Committee chairman, state Rep. Norman Major, R-Plaistow, since the beginning of the state’s two-year budget cycle in 2007, I found the committee was not allowed to look at revenue...