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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 [...]
May 09, 2013
By Timothy Dionisopoulos University of New Hampshire (UNH) administrators used student funds to hire prostitutes to speak at a conference on the “sex worker industry” last month, Campus Reform has learned. The event, entitled “The Global Sex Industry: Exploring Transnational Feminism, Ecocriticism and Sex Workers Rights,” took place on April 16, and cost the school [...]
May 07, 2013
CONCORD — A proposed 12 cent-a-gallon gasoline tax hike is a long-shot in the state Senate but that outlook did not stop supporters from trying to change minds during a key committee hearing Tuesday. House bill 617, which passed the House 206-158 in late March, would increase the state’s gasoline tax from 18 to 30 [...]
May 07, 2013
MANCHESTER – Americans for Prosperity is expressing their disappointment in tonight’s Senate vote to create a new tax by voting to pass the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act. The Senate voted 69-27 tonight to pass the bill. Both Senator Shaheen and Senator Ayotte voted against it. “New Hampshire businesses should be focused on expanding their businesses [...]