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9 NH towns reject tax caps as lawmakers push towns to consider them New Hampshire town and school meetings saw proposed tax caps on the ballot this week. Lawmakers are considering a bill to require towns consider tax caps every two years.

Voters in nine communities rejected proposed tax caps at local elections and town meetings this week. The measures would have limited budget increases to the amount raised by local taxes in the previous year, with certain adjustments for inflation.

13.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After political debacle, 84 bills die in House without a vote β€’ New Hampshire Bulletin It's a cherished State House maxim in New Hampshire: Every bill gets a public hearing, and every bill gets a vote on the House or Senate floor. But this week, a series of scheduling woes, time…

It’s a cherished State House maxim in New Hampshire: Every bill gets a public hearing, and every bill gets a vote on the House or Senate floor. But a series of scheduling woes, time constraints, and partisan machinations just upended that tradition. From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics

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Voters reject GOP lawmakers' effort to take control over who attends their local schools Lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow students to attend any public school in the state and require their community to pay the new district for the education. Schools could also have ...

Dozens of New Hampshire communities voted this week at town meetings and in local elections to reject Republican lawmakers’ efforts to control who attends their local schools. https://bit.ly/4rvk25h

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No thanks man, we’re good

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I don’t think it speaks all that well of you or the other poster that you are so quick and comfortable locating motives in someone’s religious denomination

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House Progressive Caucus Press Release- March 12, 2026
Statement on actions taken by the NH House Progressive Caucus to stand up for the rights and voices of Granite Staters as the legislature approaches Crossover Day. #NHPolitics

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HUGE congrats to @boudwoman.bsky.social and the people of Wolfeboro, Tuftonboro, and Ossipee NH 🩡

#NewHampshire #NHPolitics #fliptheseats

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Democrat Stuns Republican in Wolfeboro, Ossipee Tuftonboro House Special Election After Republicans put in big bucks to hold on to a reliably strong area for them, voters in Wolfeboro, Tuftonboro and Ossipee elected a Democrat to a special election for House Representative in Distr...

#NHPolitics
indepthnh.org/2026/03/11/d...

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The ongoing situation of Democrats voting in committees?

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In a major upset, the House Democrats win the special election with rep-elect Bobbi Boudman winning this solid red district in Carroll County. Granite staters are fed up with Concord and Washington and are showing up. Get ready, November is right around the corner! οΏΌ#nhpolitics

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#NHPolitics

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Bobbi Boudman just flipped a deep red NH House seat despite being outspent 4-1.

The establishment wants you to think that I’m not a viable candidate for the #NH01 race because I haven’t raised millions even though I’m one of just two candidates polling in double digits. #NHPolitics

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NH Rep. Wendy Thomas Removed from House Committee, Unclear Why Michael Vose, R-Epping, wouldn't say why Thomas was removed referring the question to House Speaker Sherman Packard, R-Londonderry.

NH Rep. Wendy Thomas Removed from House Committee, Unclear Why indepthnh.org/2026/03/09/r...

10.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Governor Kelly Ayotte ordered flags at half staff for Charilie Kirk, and after seven dead US soldiers, they're still not lowered. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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The guy who voices Master Chief from the video game "Halo," who was featured in a White House meme video showing missiles blowing people up in Iran, calls it "disgusting and juvenile war porn" wapo.st/3NhffGm

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Chip in! Show your support with a contribution.

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🚨 This is an #UnlikelyHeroes page *deliberately* featuring Dems running in RED districts to boost statewide turnout & force Republicans to defend their turf.

Donate today! #Blue26

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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't β€” and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime America has blood on its hands.

New in PN: The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime

"American disinterest in the lives of people abroad is a resource politicians use to justify cynical wars. It's hard to see on what moral grounds we claim a right to decide the fate of those about whom we clearly care so little."

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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

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Last Thursday, NH Republicans spent hours debating two transgender bathroom bills addressing a problem that is not actually happening. Bills that will likely lead to lawsuits because they are unenforceable. Then they tabled other bills β€œto save time.” Granite Staters deserve better priorities.

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ICE confirms a measles outbreak in the nation's largest detention facility in Texas The agency said it's closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with public health authorities while the facility

The Trump regime’s worst policies are colliding in Camp East Montana, the nation's largest ICE detention facility, and creating even more human suffering.

The cruelty is endless.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-confirms-measles-outbreak-nations-largest-detention-facility-texas-rcna261659

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It implies that we are visitors in someone else’s country.

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Mullin is an ideal nominee, because he's one of the only Republicans who hasn't shot a family pet, murdered a mistress, or run a child sex ring, at least as far as we know for now.

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A Day on the Frontline of America's Abortion War The Oscar-nominated documentary 'The Devil is Busy' follows a clinic worker as she contends with loud protestors and weary patients

A Day on the Frontline of America's Abortion War: fascinating and stunning open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.

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Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

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Congress Can Control Trump’s Iran War And it has a better tool than the War Powers Act.

There is a far more direct way than the War Powers Act for Congress to intervene and to show constituents it remains focused on the kitchen-table issues that decide elections: the power of the purse.

Jane Harman on Congress's responsibility to act: lnk.thebulwark.com/40dd35L

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Once a Bipartisan Stalwart, AIPAC Turns β€˜Toxic’ in the Illinois Primaries

Once a Bipartisan Stalwart, AIPAC Turns β€˜Toxic’ in the Illinois Primaries ... no one to blame but themselves. becoming a funnel for rightwing billionaires to insist we blindly follow Israel was a fatal error. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

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Tim fucking Sheehy, everyone…

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