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On Housing, Local vs. State Control Is the Wrong Question
15+ hour, 14+ min ago (54+ words) NH Journal A battle over affordable housing has become a debate over the wrong question. Unless lawmakers understand what the argument is really about, we may lose an opportunity to get ahead of a problem with bipartisan cooperation. Liberty, not…...
Volinsky Ally to Bring Income Tax Amendment to House Floor
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (540+ words) New Hampshire House Democrats have a nearly perfect record of voting against proposed bans on personal income taxes. On Thursday, they'll face a different dilemma. Whether to vote in favor of giving the state the power to impose a progressive…...
State House Week: Risk Pools and 'Wraparound' Mental Health Care for Kids
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (498+ words) This week brings the last day for the House and Senate to act on all bills, though differences between competing versions of many bills will be settled in the Committee of Conference process. This is also the last chance for…...
Gordon-Darby Blows More Smoke Over NH Vehicle Inspections
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (317+ words) The Kentucky-based company was the state's sole vendor administering its vehicle inspection program. When Granite State Republicans killed the program, claiming it was an unnecessary cost to drivers, Gordon-Darby sued " and lost. On Friday, the company announced it would start…...
PODCAST: Mark Halperin Stars in NHJournal's 'Pundit-Palooza 2028!"
1+ week, 2+ day ago (90+ words) PODCAST: Mark Halperin Stars in NHJournal's "Pundit-Palooza 2028!' NH Journal Legendary political reporter Mark Halperin, founder of 2 Way Media, joins NHJournal's Michael Graham to roll through his latest "8 for 2028" and talk about the Granite State's place in American politics. Then two…...
Families Serve, Too: NH Leaders Mark Military Spouse Appreciation Day
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1046+ words) State Rep. Jim Creighton (R-Antrim) understands the experience of a military spouse from both sides of the issue. A retired colonel who spent 30 years in the Army, he was deployed many times, and to some of the most dangerous places…...
AYOTTE: Military Families Serve, Too
1+ week, 3+ day ago (638+ words) When Americans think about military service, we often picture the men and women in uniform who raise their right hand and volunteer to defend our country. We think about deployments, sacrifice, courage, and duty. And rightly so. Our service members…...
Ayotte on CMC's Nashua ER Plan: "It's Dumb'
1+ week, 3+ day ago (590+ words) Gov. Kelly Ayotte is not a fan of Catholic Medical Center's (CMC) new stand-alone emergency room scheduled to open this summer in Nashua. "It's dumb," she told NHJournal. "You have St. Joseph's, and you have Southern New Hampshire, and they want…...
Gato Wants Voting Fraud Case Dismissed, Was 'Lawfully Assisting' Her Dead Mom's Vote
1+ week, 4+ day ago (584+ words) With her trial in an illegal voting case approaching, Hudson podcaster Gracie Gato says it's not illegal to help elderly people like her mother vote. Prosecutors' response? "Elderly" is not the same as "dead." Gato, 45, was arrested last year and…...
O'BRIEN: 2026 Democrat Candidates Are Weird
1+ week, 4+ day ago (473+ words) The 2026 midterms are shaping up less like a normal election and more like an audition for the Democrats" Weird Caucus. Let"s start in our neighboring state of Maine, where Senate hopeful Graham Platner, the new face of the new…...