Radicals in the NH Statehouse: How a St. Anselm’s Prof Led to Bill to Secede from US

It’s no secret that America has a labor shortage. Anyone who has seen their favorite cafe curtail its hours and menu knows the problem. It’s not just sick and quarantined employees. As shown in the chart below, employment is still 3 million workers short of pre-pandemic levels. The problem will eventually be solved through automation or…

New Hampshire Taxpayers are in for a surprise when the bill comes due for vouchers. Instead of the $140,000 budgeted for 2022, current projected spending is $6.9 million, with 800 more applications pending! Applications soared after Americans For Prosperity sent out mailers and canvassed door-to-door urging parents to apply. Many applicants are parents already paying for…

REDISTRICTING MAPS Every ten years, after the census, every state must redraw its districts to reflect changes in population. In NH, the party in power controls re-districting. The governor twice vetoed attempts to make re-districting a fairer, less-partisan process. Consequences of redistricting in 2010Traditional Republicans controlled redistricting in 2010, which led to their legislative dominance last…

This session, the NH Liberty Alliance and other libertarians comprising the House “Freedom Caucus” drove measures so extreme that they contradict the groups’ own mission. NHLA policies claim to place individual choice before all else, but they banned free speech relating to racism or sexism. They claim to want transparent government, but voted against continuing public remote access…

Fundraising letters from the G.O.P. dropped the instant Governor Sununu signed the budget. Yet the signing happened in private, without the press coverage the governor is usually so fond of. Why?     New Hampshire is a purple state. The parties are about evenly split, but more voters prefer to remain undeclared, somewhere between the extremes. Yet…