Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Northern Pass: It’s déjà vu all over again, this time in Maine
Finding an acceptable way to deliver renewable electricity to the state is becoming a bigger problem than anticipated. READ MORE
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Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Bipartisanship – that oh-so-dirty word in Concord and DC
To be a good investment, candidates have to be in the majority to push through the funders’ agendas. Campaigns become do or die battles for the two parties who seek to make their advantage permanent either by gerrymandering districts, suppressing voting blocks or stacking the Supreme Court with liberal or conservative judges. READ MORE
Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Five weeks to make NH lawmakers work for you
Numerous candidate and issue forums will be held, and the news media will seek voter input for questions and issues they want raised during candidate debates or interviews: All opportunities to question candidates on issues important to the state and to families. READ MORE
Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Distant Dome: Primary done – let the games begin
The primary is over and now it is time for the main event. READ MORE
Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Overriding vetoes: Will they or won’t they on Thursday
After dealing with more than 1,000 bills, only six do not have a known fate – the six bills Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed. READ MORE
Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
NH: Where rich towns like Rye get richer and poor ones like Berlin need help
While the disparity is evident region to region, a new study done by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, also notes the disparity is great from town to town within regions. READ MORE
Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Riding on Sen. John McCain’s Straight Talking Bus around NH
Today politicians are scripted, packaged with sound bytes developed from polling and strategies more reminiscent of selling laundry detergent than political ideals. With the current “take-no-prisoners” battle plans and the demonization of your opponent, John McCain READ MORE
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Seacoast schools thrive, North Country’s and others mired In funding crisis
While the state of New Hampshire is rolling in revenue and has been for four or five years, property-poor school districts who won two landmark Supreme Court education decisions two decades ago are in crisis, while lawmakers reduce their state aid. READ MORE
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Lots of legal wrangling, but Northern Pass is still the end game
Eversource has invested between $200 million and $300 million in Northern Pass and they are not going to give that up easily. The legal chess game continues. READ MORE
Distant Dome with Garry Rayno
Death of Internet sales-tax bill stirs real animosity in Concord
Political leadership got caught with their pants down and now everything is in limbo. READ MORE