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These are Granite Staters’ favored burial spots
Choice Mutual crunched the numbers by surveying 3,128 adults about their dream burial spots. Here are the most popular cemeteries in NH to be buried.
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Official in charge of NH school voucher program attends Trump ceremony dismantling US Department of Education
NH Republicans delight over Trump order shuttering top education agency while Dems sound the alarm Kate Baker Demers, the executive director of the organization which operates New Hampshire’s school voucher program, was spotted personally attending President Trump’s signing ceremony for his executive order aimed at dismantling the US Department of Education last week. New Hampshire’s…
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Is “Live Free or Die” losing its meaning? One Granite Stater is worried about 3 proposed laws
Three legislative efforts may reveal the growing priorities of New Hampshire’s Republican majority—and they’ve got some residents concerned that the state’s moving in the wrong direction.
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Report: New Hampshire’s gender pay gap is worse than national average
Granite State women are paid less than men, and they lag behind national earnings. In 2023, NH women earned 76 cents for every $1 men earned, with males making around $75,512 a year compared women making to $57,240, according to recent NH Fiscal Policy Institute report.
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Should New Hampshire Ditch Its State Motto?
In today’s political and social climate, not everyone feels the slogan still represents the state’s values. When asked whether New Hampshire should keep or replace its motto, most respondents said it’s time for a change.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled…
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VIDEO: Goodlander on Biggest Cuts To Medicaid in US History!
NH Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander this week joined community healthcare providers from across New Hampshire to raise alarms about sharp cuts to medicaid being made at both the state and federal level, and how those cuts could unravel healthcare for thousands of Granite Staters. @granitepost NH Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander this week joined community healthcare providers from…
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A love letter to the working class, from Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front seat, her…
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VIDEO: NH GOP Tells Voters To STFU
NH GOP lawmakers this week begged the public to stop asking them questions at a public hearing on the upcoming state budget regarding their plans to cut education funding in the state. @granitepost NH GOP lawmakers this week begged the public to stop asking them questions at a public hearing on the upcoming state budget…
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Where to get free tuition at colleges in NH
Harvard University announced earlier this week that it will offer free tuition to students from families earning $200,000 or less per year. The move places Harvard alongside other elite institutions with large endowments that have introduced similar financial aid programs. Closer to home, several New Hampshire colleges are stepping up with their own tuition-free programs.…
