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NH lawmakers have another education funding plan to consider

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 ...

The action now lies with the states

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 ...

Medicaid expansion should not be at risk

Over the last decade, Medicaid expansion, or the Granite Advantage Health Care program has been one of the most impactful and successful the Legislature has enacted. The program had a rough beginning as the remnants of the O’Brien led House and their allies in the Senate did all they could ...

History is not always comfortable

History is a funny thing. For example, two communities claim to be the birthplace of the Republican Party, Exeter, New Hampshire and Ripon, Wisconsin. Around here Exeter is thought to be the holy place, but almost everywhere else in the country — including Wikipedia — believe it was ...

No one could ever write just like you

The technological advances we’ve experienced over the last few decades have brought changes to every part of our society, including education. Reading and writing cursive, for example, used to be a significant part of the public school curriculum but is now considered obsolete in many states ...