Friday • April 3 • 2026
Vol.XVIII • No.XIV
Manchester, N.H.
The Democrats have two problems that are making a disaster of their messaging program. John Fetterman has become the prize for almost any network for his common-sense sound bites that are making a mockery of Democratic stances, particularly their criticism of President Donald Trump. Fetterman is calling out his fellow Party members and accusing most ... Read more
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New England state renewable energy mandates will double energy costs, cause rolling blackouts, while NH policies reduce regional costs With New England state governments committed to reducing their carbon emissions at least 80% by 2050, residents and businesses can expect electricity rates to double, along with rolling blackouts, according to a new joint report completed ... Read more
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On 11/5/19, the local useful idiots came out in droves to do the NTU’s bidding. Among those deeds were reinstalling Alderman Dowd and the mayor, ousting Howard Coffman and Doris from the school board, and passing a ballot question that removed every private citizen’s right to vote by way of abolishing special elections. The elimination ... Read more
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Of the 40 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 0 with 5 being of interest.
Of the 33 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 1 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | SB511 | (New Title) relative to state park fee discounts for state residents. | Ways and Means | Mon 3/23 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 159 | This bill: I. Requires the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to set state park entry fees for New Hampshire residents at no more than 50 percent of the fees charged to nonresidents. II. Allows separate fee schedules for specific uses within state parks. III. Permits discounted or waived rates for veterans and school or student groups. |
| Of Interest | SB412 | relative to the conditional release of delinquent minors and children in need of services. | Children and Family Law | Tue 3/24 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill permits the court to retain jurisdiction to hear violations of conditional releases filed during the release in cases involving delinquent minors or children in need of services. |
| Of Interest | SB413 | relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action. | Children and Family Law | Tue 3/24 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill modifies the facility in which alleged delinquent minors may be held in detention pending an adjudicatory hearing, permitting alleged delinquent minors to be housed in a county corrections facility once reaching age 18. |
| Of Interest | SB515 | relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances. | Children and Family Law | Tue 3/24 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill revises juvenile statutes relative to placements in qualified residential treatment programs to align with federal requirements. The bill directs the department of health and human services to have a qualified assessment of the child conducted within 30 days of placement and the court to review the assessment and placement within 60 days of placement. This bill further allows litigation to continue if despite a diligent search, counsel has not yet been secured for a child in certain proceedings under the child protection act. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services. |
| Support | HB1505 | requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/24 | 9:25 AM | SH Room 122-123 | This bill requires municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps. |
| Support | HB1066 | relative to warrant articles authorizing lease agreements. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/24 | 9:35 AM | SH Room 122-123 | This bill modifies rules and procedures regarding warrant articles that authorize lease agreements. |
| Support | HB1108 | relative to the offense of criminal threatening. | Judiciary | Tue 3/24 | 1:10 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill revises the standard for when a person shall not be deemed to have committed the offense of criminal threatening, when responding to certain threats. |
| Oppose | HB1651 | establishing sexual assault orders of protection and relative to sexual assault survivors’ rights. | Judiciary | Tue 3/24 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes sexual assault orders of protection and updates certain rights for sexual assault survivors. |
| Support | SB101 | (New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 3/25 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 232 | This bill: I. Allows parents to send their children to public schools outside of their resident district. II. Creates a limited exemption from the consent requirement under the parental bill of rights for required assessments and school-sponsored events open to the general public. |
| Of Interest | HB1097 | requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/25 | 9:40 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. |
| Of Interest | SB571 | relative to the requirements to be issued a certificate as a certified public accountant. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/25 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 231 | This bill: I. Removes the definition of “substantial equivalency” and replaces it with a standard of “comparable” in considering whether the office of professional licensure and certification shall grant a certificate of “certified public accountant” to an applicant with a foreign accountancy designation. II. Modifies the educational requirements to obtain a certificate as a “certified public accountant.” III. Allows an applicant to sit for examination as of a date no more than 120 days before the applicant expects to obtain his or her baccalaureate degree, pursuant to rules adopted by the board. |
| Support | HB1772 | (New Title) relative to prescribing ibogaine for investigational use only. | Health and Human Services | Wed 3/25 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill permits health care providers to proscribe ibogaine for investigational use only. |
| Support | SB552 | permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Judiciary | Wed 3/25 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill provides a definition for “biological sex” and provides that certain designations by biological sex do not constitute unlawful discrimination. |
| Of Interest | SB596 | prohibiting smoking in Hampton Beach State Park. | Resources, Recreation and Development | Wed 3/25 | 1:30 PM | GP Room 228 | This bill prohibits smoking in Hampton Beach state park. |
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Apologies for taking liberties with the acronym. Angry While Female Liberals (AWFL), sometimes, angry white female urban liberal (AWFUL), needed a tweak. Angry White Hispanic Female Liberal Stalkers. A jury found Coloradoan Ashleigh Brown and Californian Cynthia Raygoza guilty of felony stalking March 2 for following an ICE officer home in Los Angeles and livestreaming ... Read more
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The resignation of Joseph Kent is not a “protest” – it is a confession of moral and strategic bankruptcy. While the United States and Israel finally move to cauterize the nuclear cancer growing in Tehran, Kent has chosen to retreat into the fever dreams of the antisemitic fringe, trading his duty to the nation for ... Read more
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This week, on NE Take, AJ is joined by Andru Volinsky, an attorney and former New Hampshire Executive Councilor. He discusses his proposed “3-3 Tax Savings Plan”, but does this actually address the cost of education, and how will he fight the fact that Democrat leadership claims to disagree with an income tax? Read A. ... Read more
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The UK appears to have reached a point where it has so ruined itself that the only way to preserve any sense of unity is to have its own great Satan. That Alinsky-esque target you freeze and isolate in your people’s minds. The cause of all the ills that you must unite to defeat. In ... Read more
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Platner’s Misogyny and Mills’ Policies Both Betray Biological Women and Girls Maine Women Deserve Better: Platner and Mills Both Betray Maine’s Women and Girls! Maine’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate has become a stark choice between two candidates who, in very different ways, have turned their backs on the safety, fairness, and dignity of biological ... Read more
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I noticed the NH Journal article on School Districts that lied about its numbers. By comparison, NH Journal has been unwilling to look at NHCADSV’s numbers, which are all over the place and simply do not add up. The NHCADSV has provided wildly different numbers on the number of people it serves. Central Crisis Center ... Read more
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Most of us have heard of the Bermuda Triangle. As someone with an above-average memory, I usually recall when and where I first heard something, and who said it. It was in the mid 70s, and I was riding shotgun with my mother somewhere in the city, but not necessarily on Amherst St. She said ... Read more
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This is making the rounds because it’s classic left-wing memory-holing. New York has been in trouble for a while. The state and the City. I was born in New England but grew up in Upstate New York, which is everything north of ‘The City.’ Finger Lakes region. The boonies to the burroughs, though not so ... Read more
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New Hampshire led the American colonies 250 years ago by adopting a constitution that created an independent government before anyone else. So it’s fitting that in 2026, New Hampshire could achieve another first for independence. Like all Americans, government employees have the constitutional right to free speech and free association. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme ... Read more
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It is difficult to imagine that the mighty United States could face threats to its seemingly abundant supply of grocery store and restaurant offerings. America has led the world in creating the modern industrial food system (known as “the Green Revolution”) and remains the world’s top food-exporting nation. Yet economic and logistical fractures have become ... Read more
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This week, on The Independents, Carla Gericke dives straight into the psychological battlefield—where the real war isn’t overseas, it’s happening inside your head. How did we get so comfortable joking about destroying our “enemies”? When did outrage become entertainment? And why isn’t self-regulation the default setting we pretend it is? Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are ... Read more
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Anyone running from the left, no matter how far they have to go to pretend to be in the middle, should be roundly mocked. Forced to answer for the likes of Spangerger in Virginia and Mamdani in New York. They claim to be like you. To care for your interests. To defend you from [insert ... Read more
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One Big Beautiful Bill gives scholarship donors $1700 federal tax credit – but Dem majority doesn’t want it Vermonters will not be allowed to take a federal tax credit for contributing to a private/independent school scholarship program, if a House Ways & Means Committee miscellaneous tax bill introduced yesterday becomes law. H.933, titled “miscellaneous administrative ... Read more
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Another week with lots of memes, and here we are with even more. It’s cleanup time and time for the Friday meme thing, where we unload some of the extra memes we’ve accumulated over the past week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more
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Last fall, Manchester Community College Turning Point USA president Samuel Raiti set up a table outside the schools Main Entrance. I’ve been on that sidewalk myself, and there is tons of room. As you can see from the pictures above, he was in no way obstructing or interfering with pedestrian traffic or access in or ... Read more
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Today, on The Morning Update, Hollywood got its knickers in a twist over AI Actress Tilly Norwood, and the threat of artificial actors replacing the real ones. Is it a legit concern? Is Tilly that good? Let’s take a look. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load.* Ep. 132 ... Read more
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