Twice in the last fifty years or so we who speak English, and especially we who write English, have been pressed to change what pronouns we use when referring to a person of unknown gender. Until late in the last century the “correct” pronoun, the one we were taught in school and saw in ...
This year is the 30th anniversary of the state Supreme Court’s Claremont education decision, but the fundamental issues raised by the five plaintiff communities is not yet “settled law.” Currently two lawsuits over education funding and what constitutes an adequate education are before ...
Read news coverage of the 2024 presidential primary calendar, and you’ll see words like “in limbo, “unsettled” and “in flux.” But ask New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan about the notion that New Hampshire won’t hold the first primary, and he’s got a word of his ...
Last week, the third overhaul of the state’s education funding formula was unveiled before the Senate Finance Committee, which decided to include it in the Senate’s proposed state budget for the next two years. Gov. Chris Sununu unveiled his plan in his February budget address, the House ...
“Shut up,” he said. That was the response from New Hampshire state Rep. Tommy Hoyt when a voter asked him to support “Parents Bill of Rights” legislation when it came up for a vote. Hoyt, a Democrat, declined — and not so politely. “Do you know why children’s results tanked ...
The federal government is broken when 20 or so far right extremists who represent an extremely small portion of the country’s residents, can hold the nation, the economy and the global economy hostage over what was once routine legislation. The issue is not really to cut spending — that ...
