BOSSE: Mother Nature need more markets
By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
Happy Earth Day. It was actually at the first Earth Day back in 1970 that the environmental movement went wrong.
A drop less freedom in New Hampshire
Nothing seems to anger the modern environmentalist more than an empty plastic water bottle. You’d think our otherwise empty landfills were overflowing with Poland Spring and Dasani litter, and you might as well strangle a sea turtle with your bare hands as open an Aquafina.
Read More →School Choice Roundup in New Hampshire
By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
Yesterday, the New Hampshire Senate approved SB 372, the School Choice Scholarship Act, by a vote of 15-9. The Josiah Bartlett Center has been instrumental in researching scholarship tax credit programs in other states, led by Research Fellow Jason Bedrick and his comprehensive report,Choosing to Learn.
Union Leader- Senate approves tax [...]
New Hampshire drop out rate jumped in 2011
CONCORD — New Hampshire’s high school drop out rate climbed by over 20% last year, but is still the second lowest its ever been. The number of students who dropped out increased from 628 in 2009-2010 to 751 last year, causing the dropout rate to jump from 0.97% to 1.19%. That level is still well below the 2.5% annual drop out rate in New Hampshire before the Legislature increased the minimum drop out age to 18.
Read More →Some NH Commissioners keep state cars, some lose them
By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
CONCORD – New Hampshire is somewhat inconsistent on which top officials drive government cars. Following a year long review on Non-Business Use of state vehicles, some Commissioners were allowed to keep taking their state vehicles home at night while other were asked to turn in their keys. Now lawmakers [...]
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