New Hampshire’s health care, quality of life should appeal to seniors, according to report
It’s a common assumption that people who move after retirement generally opt to head south. But perhaps they should be moving north — to New Hampshire.
Statehouse Headliners: Unrestricted abortion bill approved in one House committee, goes to another
Human Services approved H.57 Thursday with minor changes and Judiciary is taking testimony today and tomorrow.
Roper: Let the free market solve the plastic bag ‘crisis’
The Trex corporation uses the recycled bags to make high quality decking, fencing and outdoor furniture. This is the free market at work.
Immigration hardliners rip apart congressional ‘compromise’ on border security
Immigration hardliners have blasted the congressional deal on border security, which includes far less funding for a border wall than President Donald Trump initially requested.
Statehouse Headliners: House bills would set up gender-segregated school facilities for ‘transgender’ students, turn prisons into mental health clinics
New House legislation includes bills that would allow “transgender students” access to gender-separated school facilities, programs and activities, ban the use of “eminent domain” seizure of land for natural gas pipelines, and further decriminalize the use of mind-altering drugs.
Treat: Health care sharing — the legal escape from Obamacare
Every year more than 1 million individuals across the United States benefit from health care sharing instead of purchasing health insurance. In 2009, Obamacare exempted health care sharing ministries already in existence from the individual mandate requirement.
Dems begin slamming Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for her anti-Semitic comments
“It is deeply disappointing and disturbing to hear Rep. Ilhan Omar’s choice of words in her exchange with a journalist yesterday wherein she appears to traffic in old anti-semitic tropes about Jews and money,” Nadler said in a statement.
Roper: Why pick Vermont?
If we don’t change our tax policies we will not only find that we can’t attract high asset retirees, but we will neither be able to retain our own. And, like New York, we will find ourselves wondering where our revenue has gone.
Yale grads publish conservative kids books
Amalia Halikias and Josh Bansal entered Yale University in 2011 and 2012 as two liberal young people, but graduated as conservatives and on a mission to teach children traditional values.
McClaughry: What the decarbonization study found
As befits this complicated subject, the study discusses offers a wide range of alternative choices for legislators concerned about meeting the state’s GHG emission goals. Here are 12 questions and answers about the study.
Statehouse Headliners: Senate bills would ban fossil fuel pipelines, ‘fracking’ waste disposal
Natural gas is the “cleanest” fossil fuel from a greenhouse gas perspective. Alternatives to home heat in Vermont include heating oil and split wood. Cleaner alternatives include passive solar, heat pumps and wood pellets.
Green New Deal would barely change Earth’s temperature. Here are the facts.
Ultimately, fully implementing the Green New Deal would have no meaningful impact on global temperatures. The plan additionally asks Americans to “upgrade or replace every building in the U.S. for state-of-the-art energy efficiency.”