Based in Manchester, Colin Booth is Granite Post’s political correspondent. A Granite State native and veteran political professional with a deep background in journalism, he’s worked on campaigns and programs in battleground states across the country, ranging from New Hampshire, Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.
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Sununu, Ayotte silent as Trump creates $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ for Jan. 6 rioters, allies
Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office declined to weigh in on a federal program that may compensate people convicted of attacking Capitol Police—and that quietly bars the IRS from ever auditing the president’s past tax filings. Top New Hampshire Republicans again find themselves in a familiar role this week, answering for President Donald Trump’s blatant corruption with…
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NH Senate Republicans vote to shove guns into NH classrooms—over objections from campus police
With New Hampshire families struggling under housing prices, energy costs, and a youth mental health crisis, Senate Republicans chose to spend Thursday prioritizing putting guns into NH classrooms. Senate Republicans on Thursday passed an amended version of HB 1793 on a 14-8 party-line vote, guaranteeing faculty at New Hampshire’s public and private universities the right…
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Sununu’s stock portfolio looks a lot like his donor list
Pharma, big tech, oil, and insurance lobbyists are bankrolling John E. Sununu’s Senate comeback—and his financial disclosure shows he owns stock in nearly all of them Former US Senator John E. Sununu (R) is mounting a Senate comeback with a stock portfolio worth as much as $2 million spread across pharmaceutical, big tech, oil and…
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‘Kelly Ayotte couldn’t even keep 15 kids safe’: Warmington blasts governor over new YDC abuse
Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington argues Gov. Kelly Ayotte has spent her first year in office creating “another generation of victims.” New Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cinde Warmington on Wednesday accused Gov. Kelly Ayotte of allowing a new generation of abuse to take root at the Sununu Youth Services Center, charging that her budget…
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NH GOP lawmaker walks out of disciplinary hearing before Jewish colleague he targeted spoke
State lawmaker Travis Corcoran posted to X calling for a final solution when his Jewish colleague sent out a karaoke invitation. Here’s how his hearing went. Rep. Travis Corcoran told the House Legislative Administration Committee on Monday that his March 10 social media post calling for a “final solution for theater kids in politics” was…
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Ayotte tried to fire New Hampshire’s child advocate. She just uncovered a massive abuse scandal.
When the Office of the Child Advocate released a damning report last week alleging minors at the Sununu Youth Services Center were being subjected to punitive, jail-like conditions — including an illegal restraint that broke a child’s bone — it was the work of Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez. Sanchez and her team visited the facility,…
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NH GOP to probe youth detention abuse with lawmaker who threatened to defund oversight office
The same Republican lawmakers that tried to eliminate the child advocate’s office, slashed victim payouts, and gave the GOP attorney general veto power over settlements now wants the public to trust its investigation. For more than a year, New Hampshire Republicans have systematically dismantled the independent process meant to deliver justice to survivors of sexual…
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Ayotte signs bills stripping NH students of voting rights
New Hampshire’s new law creates one of the most restrictive voter ID regimes in the country. Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 323 into law late Friday afternoon eliminating student IDs as an accepted form of voter identification and establishing one of the most restrictive voter ID requirements in the nation. New Hampshire law…
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NH GOP senator stripped of committees amid staff harassment allegations
The state senator says his removal from committees was politically motivated, but he didn’t refute the claims. State Sen. Tim McGough (R-Merrimack) was quietly removed from both of his Senate committee assignments this week following allegations that he harassed Senate staff. However, in a lengthy public statement responding to his removal, the first-term senator never…
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As grocery costs soared, John Sununu profited
Large holdings of stock in food and retail giants brought financial gains for GOP Senate Candidate John Sununu as Tariffs raised prices across the board. As New Hampshire families faced ever-increasing grocery prices over the last year, Republican USSenate candidate John Sununu was publicly backing key pieces of President Donald Trump’s economic agenda while also…
