Politics
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Medicare or Medicaid: Sununu’s gaffe hurts 31,000 New Hampshire residents either way
“I oppose ANY work requirement for Medicare,” Sununu wrote on X. But the Medicaid policy he says he supports puts 31,000 New Hampshire seniors and disabled residents at risk of losing their coverage. Republican US Senate candidate John E. Sununu told the Hugh Hewitt Show last month that he supports a work requirement for Medicare…
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Months after leaked Signal chat, NH GOP sees collapse of education leadership
A key NH GOP education bill collapsed on the House floor, and a lawmaker named in the leak said she would not run for another term—months after the high-profile Signal chat controversy. A signature school-choice bill championed by House Education Policy and Administration Chair Kristin Noble (R) fell 16 votes short on the House floor…
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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…
