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4 weeks ago | 
reason.org | Drew Cline |Jude Schwalbach
In the “live free or die” state, switching public schools is surprisingly difficult. State law gives students only a few options. The one easy way is to enroll in a chartered public school if one happens to be nearby and a good fit. Every other option is obstructed by a series of hurdles that cannot be cleared without the approval of public school officials.
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4 weeks ago | 
reason.org | Jude Schwalbach |Drew Cline
In the “live free or die” state, switching public schools is surprisingly difficult. Open enrollment could make it easier. Commentary by Jude Schwalbach and Drew Cline March 26, 2025
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
What does Joe Biden's decision to bail mean for New Hampshire politics this November? Would Kamala Harris on the ticket help or hurt Granite State Democrats? And a new NHJournal poll shows Trump and Harris tied in a New Hampshire head-to-head.What does it all mean?We ask longtime Trump advisor and New Hampshire politico Corey Lewandowski; former NHGOP state chair Fergus Cullen; and Nashua native turned DC operative Matthew Bartlett.Plus J. Mark Powell, author of the popular Holy Cow! History ...
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says Democrats have talked themselves into the assumption that President Joe Biden is on his way out as their nominee.The problem: They haven't talked Joe Biden into it, yet. And they are unlikely to, Sununu says. In this edition of the NHJournal podcast, hosted by Managing Editor Michael Graham, Sununu explains why getting Biden out is going to be much harder than many pundits have suggested. He also talks about the likely impact of the Biden controversy on ra...
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
On this special edition of the NHJournal podcast recorded immediately after the Biden v. Trump debate, political pros Corey Lewandowski, Matthew Bartlett and UNH political science professor Dante Scala join host Michael Graham with the same reaction: Biden blew it, Terrible performance, perhaps career ending.Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center also joins the conversation to talk about what Biden's performance could mean for New Hampshire Democrats. Plus comments from Granite State GOP ca...
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May 24, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
Mark Halperin of the "Wide World of News" is one of the smartest observers of American politics. He joins the NHJournal podcast to discuss the POTUS race, Biden's odd campaign trip to the Granite State, and whether New Hampshire—which Democrats have carried in seven of the past eight presidential races—is really in play for Donald Trump.Also on the podcast, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella on New Hampshire's role in high-profile court battles from Ticketmaster to the Second Amendm...
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May 17, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
Former GOP state Rep. Ross Berry talks exclusively with NHJournal about his controversial actions as House Election Law Committee chair that sparked an angry protest from Democrats and saw him forced out by Republican House Speaker Sherm Packard.Berry stunned many in NH politics by promptly resigning his House seat -- not because of the controversy, but because he and his family were moving out of the district to a new home in Weare, N.H.Berry, one of the most controversial -- and, some say, ...
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is on the NHJournal podcast, fresh from his debate with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. The GOP POTUS candidate talks about the massive ideological divide that exists in American politics. He also shares what New Hampshire voters tell him they want to talk about, and he offers his take on the NH Dems' new push for more gun control in the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Maine.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Michael Graham |Drew Cline
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips has rolled into the Granite State to turn the Democratic First in the Nation primary into a real race. Ana Radelat with the MinnPost.com covers Gopher State politics and she has the info every potential primary voter should know before they cast their (write-in?) ballot. And we caught up with Casey DeSantis at the Red Arrow Diner in Londonderry and got her take on how GOP primary voters are feeling about the POTUS race and the nation.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
nhjournal.com | Andrew Cline |Drew Cline
This article originally appeared at JBartlett.org. Nationwide, rents have trended downward in the past year. But that relief has missed New Hampshire. Here, rents rose in the past year at double the rate of the year before, according to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s (NHHFA) latest report, further illustrating how desperately underserved New Hampshire’s rental market is.
