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Letter: Lessons from losing Hinch Published: 12/17/2020 12:01:36 AM Gov. Chris Sununu was right to call out Republican legislators for ignoring the seriousness of COVID-19, leading to the unfortunate death of Speaker Dick Hinch. But he didn’t go far enough nor acknowledge his own contributions to what has become a very dangerous approach to dealing with a whole host of problems facing our state. “Live Free or Die” may have been an uplifting sentiment for General Stark and his followers in the early 1800s. It has no place in the 21st century, however, as it has been interpreted recently...

Republican-led committee accepts wave of federal charter school funding In this Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, photo a student works in class at Meridien Public Charter School, in Washington. Several DC charter schools have been doing in-person teaching for small groups of students. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) In this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo, Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut speaks at the State House in Concord during a public hearing on his nomination to lead the state's education department. Modified: 12/11/2020 10:37:39 PM CONCORD — New Hampshire is now in line to receive the first chunk of...

Wave of federal charter school funding on its way to N.H. Published: 12/11/2020 2:56:40 PM New Hampshire is now in line to receive the first chunk of a $46 million grant intended to double the state’s charter schools over five years, in the committee’s first significant action since Republican lawmakers took back control. At a meeting Friday, New Hampshire’s Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee voted, 7-3, to accept the first $10.1 million of the $46.5 million five-year grant, beginning the next phase in what New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut called a “transformation�...

New Hampshire's New House Speaker, Rep. Dick Hinch, Dies at 71 © Getty Images State Rep. Richard Hinch speaks during the opening session of the New Hampshire Legislature at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, which was held outdoors due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. State law requires the opening day of legislative business to be held on the first Wednesday of December. Longtime New Hampshire politician Richard "Dick" Hinch died Wednesday at 71, a week after becoming the state's speaker of the house, the office of the speaker said in a statement. "He w...