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Commentary from Dan Weeks and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks: "Although countless nonprofits like the New Hampshire Food Bank and churches like our own are doing their level best to meet the need, they simply can’t keep up." #NHPolitics
Whose emergency? Thoughts on hunger and humaneness. • New Hampshire Bulletin
Even as the government reopens this week after the record-long shutdown, tens of millions of Americans – including family and friends of ours – have already experienced substantial harm due to the…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Commentary from Dan Weeks and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks: "Although countless nonprofits like the New Hampshire Food Bank and churches like our own are doing their level best to meet the need, they simply can’t keep up." #NHPolitics
"Over the past decade, Career and Technical Education programs have been reducing their early education options, largely because jobs in the industry tend to be low-paying." From Maya Mitchell #NHPolitics
New Hampshire community colleges work to grow early care and education workforce • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire has a child care workforce shortage, and it is looking to its community colleges to address one part of that issue: the development pipeline.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Over the past decade, Career and Technical Education programs have been reducing their early education options, largely because jobs in the industry tend to be low-paying." From Maya Mitchell #NHPolitics
Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social : "By all appearances, Democrats seem to be waiting in vain for a return to rules they recognize — and a counteroffer that isn’t coming." #NHPolitics
The big political stand that wasn’t • New Hampshire Bulletin
I spend as little time as possible thinking about the game of politics, but the gambit was doomed from the beginning.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social : "By all appearances, Democrats seem to be waiting in vain for a return to rules they recognize — and a counteroffer that isn’t coming." #NHPolitics
"A healthy system involves setting real true expectations for the kind of care that people get and holding providers accountable.” Problems within the state's disability care system are many, so where does New Hampshire go from here? From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire’s disability system has a horrific past, and advocates say the path forward is unclear • New Hampshire Bulletin
As a monthslong Bulletin investigation into New Hampshire’s modern disability care network has revealed, systemic problems of abuse and neglect haven’t gone away. Tragic story after tragic story —…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"A healthy system involves setting real true expectations for the kind of care that people get and holding providers accountable.” Problems within the state's disability care system are many, so where does New Hampshire go from here? From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire Republicans are again trying to eliminate a series of programs across state government they consider to be part of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Republicans renew effort to eliminate NH Office of Health Access and environmental justice program • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire Republicans are again trying to eliminate a series of programs across state government they consider to be part of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New Hampshire Republicans are again trying to eliminate a series of programs across state government they consider to be part of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
"Roughly 1 out of every 8 Americans did not receive food assistance as scheduled at the beginning of November, including some 76,000 Granite Staters." Commentary from Dan Weeks and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks. #NHPolitics
Whose emergency? Thoughts on hunger and humaneness. • New Hampshire Bulletin
Even as the government reopens this week after the record-long shutdown, tens of millions of Americans – including family and friends of ours – have already experienced substantial harm due to the…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Roughly 1 out of every 8 Americans did not receive food assistance as scheduled at the beginning of November, including some 76,000 Granite Staters." Commentary from Dan Weeks and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks. #NHPolitics
New Hampshire has a dark history when it comes to caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and examinations of the current system reveal persistent issues of abuse and neglect. Advocates struggle to see a path forward. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire’s disability system has a horrific past, and advocates say the path forward is unclear • New Hampshire Bulletin
As a monthslong Bulletin investigation into New Hampshire’s modern disability care network has revealed, systemic problems of abuse and neglect haven’t gone away. Tragic story after tragic story —…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New Hampshire has a dark history when it comes to caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and examinations of the current system reveal persistent issues of abuse and neglect. Advocates struggle to see a path forward. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Air travel, SNAP benefits, back pay at issue as federal government slowly reopens. From @fischler.bsky.social and @ashleymurray.bsky.social
Air travel, SNAP benefits, back pay at issue as federal government slowly reopens • New Hampshire Bulletin
The record 43-day government shutdown that ended Wednesday night scrambled air travel, interrupted food assistance and forced federal workers to go without a paycheck for weeks.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Air travel, SNAP benefits, back pay at issue as federal government slowly reopens. From @fischler.bsky.social and @ashleymurray.bsky.social
Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreement to curb rising health insurance costs if lawmakers want to avoid another government shutdown. From @jennifershutt.bsky.social, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social, and Shauneen Miranda
As health costs spike, a sour and divided Congress escapes one shutdown to face another • New Hampshire Bulletin
Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreement to curb rising health insurance costs if lawmakers want to avoid another government shutdown.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreement to curb rising health insurance costs if lawmakers want to avoid another government shutdown. From @jennifershutt.bsky.social, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social, and Shauneen Miranda
Some Republicans in New Hampshire want the state’s Medicaid work requirements to go further than the requirements being implemented nationwide, including rules covering proof of employment. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire lawmakers work to hash out specifics on Medicaid work requirements • New Hampshire Bulletin
Some Republicans in New Hampshire want the state’s Medicaid work requirements to go further than the requirements being implemented nationwide.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Some Republicans in New Hampshire want the state’s Medicaid work requirements to go further than the requirements being implemented nationwide, including rules covering proof of employment. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
"Critics say the Trump administration is reshaping accreditation for political reasons, and risks undermining the legitimacy of the degrees colleges and universities award to students." From Robbie Sequeira via @stateline.org
Accreditation of colleges, once low key, has gotten political • New Hampshire Bulletin
When six Southern public university systems this summer formed a new accreditation agency, the move shook the national evaluation model that higher education has relied on for decades.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Critics say the Trump administration is reshaping accreditation for political reasons, and risks undermining the legitimacy of the degrees colleges and universities award to students." From Robbie Sequeira via @stateline.org
The Trump administration will release full benefits for most participants in the nation’s major federal nutrition program within 24 hours of the reopening of the federal government, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson said Wednesday. From @fischler.bsky.social
Trump administration to mostly pay full SNAP benefits 'within 24 hours' of shutdown end • New Hampshire Bulletin
The Trump administration will release full benefits for most participants in the nation’s major federal nutrition program within 24 hours of the reopening of the federal government, a U.S. Department…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Trump administration will release full benefits for most participants in the nation’s major federal nutrition program within 24 hours of the reopening of the federal government, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson said Wednesday. From @fischler.bsky.social
“We are literally giving the state evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse within our very own state agency system, and nobody’s doing anything about it.” A System of Harm, Part II: A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. @willskipworth.bsky.social
A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. • New Hampshire Bulletin
They call it the disability cliff. When young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities finish high school, they lose access to the extensive services provided by public school special…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“We are literally giving the state evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse within our very own state agency system, and nobody’s doing anything about it.” A System of Harm, Part II: A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. @willskipworth.bsky.social
The U.S. House plans to approve a stopgap spending bill Wednesday evening that will end the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown once President Donald Trump signs the legislation. From @jennifershutt.bsky.social, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social, and Shauneen Miranda
US House expected to clear bill reopening the government after record-shattering shutdown • New Hampshire Bulletin
The U.S. House plans to approve a stopgap spending bill Wednesday evening that will end the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown once President Donald Trump signs the legislation.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The U.S. House plans to approve a stopgap spending bill Wednesday evening that will end the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown once President Donald Trump signs the legislation. From @jennifershutt.bsky.social, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social, and Shauneen Miranda
U.S. House Democrats investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released emails Wednesday they say show President Donald Trump knew about the financier’s abuse of underage girls as far back as 2011. From @ashleymurray.bsky.social
US House Dems say newly released Epstein emails show Trump knew about abuse • New Hampshire Bulletin
U.S. House Democrats investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released emails Wednesday they say show President Donald Trump knew about the financier’s abuse of underage girls as far back…
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November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
U.S. House Democrats investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released emails Wednesday they say show President Donald Trump knew about the financier’s abuse of underage girls as far back as 2011. From @ashleymurray.bsky.social
Republican Rep. Glenn Cordelli, a longtime advocate for school choice and the chairman of the Education Policy and Administration Committee, has resigned from the New Hampshire House, according to the clerk’s office. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Longtime school choice Republican Glenn Cordelli resigns from NH House • New Hampshire Bulletin
Republican Rep. Glenn Cordelli, a longtime advocate for school choice and the chairman of the Education Policy and Administration Committee, has resigned from the New Hampshire House, according to…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Republican Rep. Glenn Cordelli, a longtime advocate for school choice and the chairman of the Education Policy and Administration Committee, has resigned from the New Hampshire House, according to the clerk’s office. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, and the big political stand that wasn't. Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
The big political stand that wasn’t • New Hampshire Bulletin
I spend as little time as possible thinking about the game of politics, but the gambit was doomed from the beginning.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, and the big political stand that wasn't. Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
In the second part of A System of Harm, a three-part examination of failures in New Hampshire's care system for people with disabilities, @willskipworth.bsky.social introduces the Wiedlich family and their painful story that began at edge of the disability cliff. #NHPolitics
A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. • New Hampshire Bulletin
They call it the disability cliff. When young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities finish high school, they lose access to the extensive services provided by public school special…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the second part of A System of Harm, a three-part examination of failures in New Hampshire's care system for people with disabilities, @willskipworth.bsky.social introduces the Wiedlich family and their painful story that began at edge of the disability cliff. #NHPolitics
The U.S. Supreme Court has extended through Thursday a pause on lower courts’ orders that the Trump administration authorize a full month of benefits for a food assistance program that 1 in 8 Americans use to buy groceries. From @fischler.bsky.social
US Supreme Court maintains temporary freeze on full SNAP benefits for November • New Hampshire Bulletin
The U.S. Supreme Court has extended through Thursday a pause on lower courts’ orders that the Trump administration authorize a full month of benefits for a food assistance program that 1 in 8…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has extended through Thursday a pause on lower courts’ orders that the Trump administration authorize a full month of benefits for a food assistance program that 1 in 8 Americans use to buy groceries. From @fischler.bsky.social
“The role of the (Renewable Portfolio Standard) is foundational, but attacks on its efficacy are nothing new." New Hampshire lawmakers renew push to restructure renewable energy quotas. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
New Hampshire lawmakers renew push to restructure renewable energy quotas • New Hampshire Bulletin
A defining New Hampshire renewable energy policy is once again facing proposed changes that opponents say would hamstring it and the state’s clean energy market.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“The role of the (Renewable Portfolio Standard) is foundational, but attacks on its efficacy are nothing new." New Hampshire lawmakers renew push to restructure renewable energy quotas. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
While the shutdown is likely to end this week, the legal fight continues over the responsibilities of the federal government, which funds SNAP, and the states that administer the program. Here’s a timeline of events over 42 days since Congress failed to appropriate new funding.
The shutdown tug-of-war over SNAP benefits: a timeline • New Hampshire Bulletin
Payments for November for the nation’s main food assistance program have been delayed during the government shutdown, amid a confusing mess of contradicting guidance from the Trump administration and…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
While the shutdown is likely to end this week, the legal fight continues over the responsibilities of the federal government, which funds SNAP, and the states that administer the program. Here’s a timeline of events over 42 days since Congress failed to appropriate new funding.
As New Hampshire’s lone member of death row renews an attempt to overturn his death sentence at the New Hampshire Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union is jumping in to help. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
ACLU pushes to overturn Addison death sentence, citing racial bias • New Hampshire Bulletin
As New Hampshire’s lone member of death row renews an attempt to overturn his death sentence at the New Hampshire Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union is jumping in to help.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As New Hampshire’s lone member of death row renews an attempt to overturn his death sentence at the New Hampshire Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union is jumping in to help. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Kentucky’s two U.S. senators sparred this week over the future of the country’s hemp industry — one arguing that a provision will close a problematic loophole and the other contending the language will regulate the industry “to death.” From @jennifershutt.bsky.social
Hemp growers, retailers targeted in section of government shutdown legislation • New Hampshire Bulletin
Kentucky’s two U.S. senators sparred this week over the future of the country’s hemp industry — one arguing that a provision attached to the package that will reopen the government will close a…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Kentucky’s two U.S. senators sparred this week over the future of the country’s hemp industry — one arguing that a provision will close a problematic loophole and the other contending the language will regulate the industry “to death.” From @jennifershutt.bsky.social
A defining New Hampshire renewable energy policy is once again facing proposed changes that opponents say would hamstring it and the state’s clean energy market. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
New Hampshire lawmakers renew push to restructure renewable energy quotas • New Hampshire Bulletin
A defining New Hampshire renewable energy policy is once again facing proposed changes that opponents say would hamstring it and the state’s clean energy market.
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A defining New Hampshire renewable energy policy is once again facing proposed changes that opponents say would hamstring it and the state’s clean energy market. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
The Trump administration continued Monday to press the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions requiring the federal government pay for full benefits for a major food program, even as Congress appeared to approach an end to the government shutdown. From @fischler.bsky.social
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits • New Hampshire Bulletin
The Trump administration continued Monday to press the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions requiring the federal government pay for full benefits for a major food program, even as…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Trump administration continued Monday to press the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions requiring the federal government pay for full benefits for a major food program, even as Congress appeared to approach an end to the government shutdown. From @fischler.bsky.social