Thursday • February 26 • 2026
Vol.XVIII • No.IX
Manchester, N.H.
By replacing mandated renewable energy with nuclear and natural gas New Englanders would save hundreds of billions of dollars and avoid deadly power blackouts by replacing state-mandated renewable energy projects with nuclear and natural gas power, a study released today by a coalition of New England think tanks finds. Alternatives to New England’s Affordability Crisis, ... Read more
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France is one of those Western-style democracies that, after being liberated from the Nazis, began a long, slow decline toward the very tyranny they had escaped. A sort of Neo-monarchy with a protected political class capable of stopping populist uprising (ask Marine Le Pen about that), and increasingly like the one they shirked off during ... Read more
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A Vermont couple has regained their foster care license following a legal dispute with state officials over required LGBTQ-related training, according to a report by Fox News. Melinda Antonucci, 45, and her husband, Casey Mathieu, 43, reached a settlement with the Vermont Department for Children and Families after their foster care license was revoked amid disagreements ... Read more
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Today, on the Morning Update, HuffPo tried to make American-hating leftists feel better about wanting to puke in their mouths every time America won gold at the Olympics. There was some pushback. Ep 113 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, ... Read more
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In recent articles by various readers (Caledonian Record & Littleton Courier), I am disappointed by their unqualified remarks about President Trump as “…’Dictator in Chief’ and his thugs in charge.” This writer goes on to say that “…millions can be spent on a White House ballroom and a proposed ‘Arc de Trump’, but we can’t ... Read more
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Check out this post on X from “Josiah Bartlett” which is where New Hampshire Republican Party “Insider” Drew Cline (a/k/a Dewey Kline) landed after he left the Union Leader: Obviously, Dewey is trying to justify the Concord politicians destroying local zoning to turn every town south of Laconia into densely populated, congested sh*tholes like Salem. ... Read more
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Welcome back for a new episode of GrokTALK!. This week, SCOTUS ruled on Trump’s tariffs, and it’s not the bad news you think. We revisit Sen. Keith Murphy’s floor speech on the state and ed funding ‘cuz you need to see it or see it again. And then a few 30,000-foot thoughts about whiteness, the ... Read more
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Families of victims of the Tumbler Ridge BC Trans-Shooter are Getting Death Threats One of the benefits of wallowing in the political trenches for decades is a thickening of the skin. Just about everything they throw at you bounces off. If you are not careful, you could become like them or just become so indifferent ... Read more
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As a courtesy to new readers that are new to NH, let’s point out a few things about Manchester. It’s our largest city and almost 1/10th of the population calls it home. It’s also in that darling OTHER district in congress, the one that always gets all the attention, money and resources. That district, which ... Read more
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We’re in the midst of a “MASSIVE” Nor’easter. I’m expecting another foot with points south of me, expecting more. Have real winters returned to the northeast? I don’t know, here are some memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more
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I do not get excited about the Olympics. The spectacle was diminished for me when it became an event for professional athletes, and many are prima Donna professionals at that. There was something magical about amateur athletes who sacrificed so much to have a shot at hearing their national anthem and maybe their picture on ... Read more
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Today, on the Morning update, with the SAVE Act inplay and Dems whining about how bigoted and racist Photo ID to vote is, why would you need even more “photos” and ID just to shovel snow? Ep. 112 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ... Read more
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As a blizzard bears down from D.C. to Cape Cod, our fragile grid—crippled by state-level climate mandates—faces a test it may fail. New England Women are already rationing heat amid the nation’s highest bills. A dangerous Nor’easter is about to slam our region from Washington, D.C. to Cape Cod, and New England women will once ... Read more
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Today’s attitudes regard our American Constitution as an old and worn document from another age, one that is inadequate for today’s modern needs. In fact, whenever it’s cited, an explanation for its use is usually given since today’s hindsight condemns its time to that sad and dark era of slavery. We forget or even fail ... Read more
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This week, on The Independents, live from the Free State of New Hampshire, Carla Gericke is joined in-studio by constitutional scholar Daniel Richard (National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies) for a deep dive into his citizen-led initiative Save Our Schools NH. Daniel lays out a constitutional history tour that connects school governance, taxation, Claremont, and ... Read more
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This’ll be a touchy subject for the left and a few suspect Republicans. How dare you (Thank you, Greta), share the commentary of a black man ranting about why there are no nice black neighborhoods. Because it begs a few questions, most of which point directly to white and black Democrats and their modern plantation ... Read more
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Let’s put aside all the nonsense, and let’s ask this question: why do the Democrats oppose using voter identification to vote? Very simple, people voting illegally, be a convicted felon who lost his or her right to vote, be an illegal alien that doesn’t have the right to vote, someone impersonating somebody else, or voting ... Read more
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Thanks to HHS Secretary Kennedy, Help Is on the Way. Recent laboratory tests of military meals, and Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), revealed high levels of pesticides, heavy metals, and livestock drug residues within the food. America’s troops deserve better. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making sure that happens. The ... Read more
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A provision of the federal law H.1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill, allows taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on your federal income tax of up to $1700 for contributing to a state-based 501c3 organization classified as a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). The SGO then uses that money to, as its name suggests, ... Read more
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Of the 32 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 2 with 3 being of interest.
There are no hearings in the Senate this week.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | HB1804 | consolidating school administrative units, making chief school administrator jobs an elected position, and defining education roles. | Education Policy and Administration | Mon 2/23 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 232 | This bill: I. Consolidates the authority and duties of school administrative units. II. Empowers school boards to develop, evaluate, and implement school curriculums. III. Makes chief school administrators elected officials. |
| Of Interest | HB1790 | relative to involuntary admissions for certain individuals with a substance use disorder. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/23 | 9:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill includes substance use disorder in the definition of mental illness for the purpose of evaluating whether a person may be involuntary admitted. |
| Support | HB1071 | repealing immunity afforded health care facilities when following directives adopted in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/23 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill repeals immunity afforded health care facilities when following directives adopted in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. |
| Support | HB1706 | repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/23 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill repeals the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibits expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. |
| Support | HB1241 | relative to the calculation of income for purposes of support orders in divorce proceedings. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill amends the definition of gross income for purposes of support orders in divorce proceedings, and prohibits gross income calculations from using overtime compensation, secondary employment earnings, or other income derived from sources outside of primary employment. |
| Support | HB1378 | relative to parental access to a minor child’s electronic medical records. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill provides parents of minor children full access to their minor children’s medical record except under certain circumstances. |
| Support | HB1565 | relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 1:30 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill provides that reports of suspected abuse and neglect may include the name of the person making the report and that a person who makes a false report maliciously or with the intent to cause harm shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill also creates a private right of action for civil damages against a person who makes a false report of suspected abuse or neglect. |
| Support | HB1757 | prohibiting the remedy of alimony for marriages that existed for six years or less. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill prohibits a court from ordering alimony for marriages that lasted 6 years or less. |
| Support | HB1305 | enabling the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care. | Environment and Agriculture | Tue 2/24 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 153 | This bill enables the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care. |
| Support | HB1117 | relative to the right of licensed health care providers to freely communicate with patients, colleagues, and the public about medical information, emerging therapies, and treatment options. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/25 | 9:30 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill provides that a health care provider shall not be subject to disciplinary action, professional sanction, or civil or criminal liability for communicating with a patient, another provider, or the public about emerging medical research, experimental treatments, innovative therapies, or off-label uses of medications, provided the communication is made in good faith and not knowingly false or misleading. |
| Of Interest | HB1449 | limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools and requiring parents or legal guardians to be present with their child during the administration of vaccinations at such a clinic. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/25 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill prohibits the operation of a vaccination clinic at schools during school hours and requires the parent or legal guardian of a child be present during the administration of any vaccination to their child at such a clinic. |
| Support | HB1797 | relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/25 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill: I. Directs the department of health and human services to submit a waiver to the United States Department of Agriculture to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with SNAP benefits. II. Strengthens work requirements for SNAP eligibility. III. Directs the department of health and human services to enter into data-sharing agreements with other state agencies to verify SNAP benefit eligibility. IV. Directs the department to verify eligibility of enrollees that make exclusively out-of-state purchases. V. Prohibits the department from using their discretion to set more lenient standards for SNAP eligibility or exemptions than those outlined in federal law. |
| Oppose | HB1456 | repealing the legislature’s declaration of authority over public education. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill repeals the legislature’s declaration of authority over public education. |
| Of Interest | HB1489 | relative to interstate depositions and discovery. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill makes changes to the appointment of deposition commissioners and the uniform foreign depositions law. |
| Support | HB1591 | relative to the release of escrowed funds by the judicial branch. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 1:30 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill requires the release of escrowed funds by the judicial branch upon receipt of a final order, and provides for penalties for noncompliance. |
| Oppose | HB1593 | relative to nondiscrimination due to disability. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill codifies the language of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination based on disability by recipients and providers of state or federal financial assistance. The bill also codifies remedies available under section 505, which includes reasonable attorneys’ fees for certain prevailing parties. |
| Support | HB1611 | relative to the taking of private property. | Judiciary | Fri 2/27 | 9:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill modifies the state’s authority to seize privately owned property during a declared emergency by limiting applicable circumstances, specifying procedural requirements, mandating documentation, and revising compensation provisions. |
| Support | HR41 | instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. | Judiciary | Fri 2/27 | 9:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This resolution instructs the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. |
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