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May 10, 2013
By Michelle Kingston DURHAM — What was planned as a way to further educate students in a Women’s Studies program has since turned into an ongoing battle between the university and Americans For Prosperity (AFP). AFP’s general counsel, John Flynn, wrote a letter to the university’s legal counsel, Charles Putnam, on Thursday “demanding that the [...]
May 10, 2013
By Kevin Landrigan CONCORD – State Senate budget writers looking for suggestions to pare spending within a proposed two-year $11 billion plan came away empty handed Thursday. However, they received plenty of encouragement to keep in place popular social service programs that Gov. Maggie Hassan and the Democratically controlled House of Representatives already have embraced [...]
May 09, 2013
Dear Mr. Putnam: I write to you as General Counsel of Americans for Prosperity (AFP). I have reviewed your May 6, 2013 conespondence to Greg Moore, New Hampshire State Director of AFP, regarding his recent public records request related to a UNH event called “Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights” held on April 16, 2013. [...]
May 09, 2013
MANCHESTER – Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today filed a letter with the University of New Hampshire (UNH) demanding that the school comply with the state’s Right to Know law. The letter, from AFP General Counsel John Flynn, demonstrates that UNH’s response to AFP-NH’s earlier Right to Know request, which asked for details [...]
May 09, 2013
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN CONCORD – The proposed controversial increase in the state’s gasoline tax touched off a polite but spirited debate during a 21⁄2-hour public hearing Tuesday. Senate Republican leaders have vowed to kill the plan that, over the next three years, would raise the tax 12 cents a gallon for non-diesel driving motorists. It [...]