Whatever is in the Claremont Police Department’s internal affairs records that state Rep. Jon Stone is trying to hide from the public, it’s bad, his lawyer told the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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BRENTWOOD The Brentwood Newsletter remained shuttered this week as townspeople continued to grapple with allegations of racism and the New Hampshire ACLU requested records of all town correspondence regarding the free community publication.
The website for the monthly publication run by volunteers is locked and password-protected, and no April edition has appeared in the town s mailboxes or email inboxes.
The publication has been under fire after it ran a piece in the March edition written by community member Richard Gagnon titled Racism: From a White Man s Perspective. The article criticized Black Lives Matter and questioned whether systemic racism exists.
The article was labeled an editorial rather than an op-ed or opinion piece, and several residents alleged that since the newsletter received town funding, the article would give an impression of Brentwood as racist. Community members have since called for a range of options, from stricter editorial supervision
6 Apr 2021
About 80 New Hampshire businesses and other organizations are seeking to block a bill that would ban public schools and other entities from teaching that America is a fundamentally racist nation, warning the measure would be bad for business in the state.
The coalition sent a letter to Gov. Chris Sununu (R) and lawmakers, stating the bill would “have a chilling impact on our workplaces and on the business climate in New Hampshire,” reported New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), which further noted the letter warned the measure, “would not only harm the ability of New Hampshire businesses to be competitive, it would severely harm the state’s image as business-friendly, since it stifles the ability of organizations who do business with the state to foster diverse workforces as they see fit.”