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Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is fighting back against a growing number of online sites purporting to deliver the news but really aimed at helping particular candidates win public office.
Jackson, an Allagash Democrat, said that sites which masquerade as news organizations as they assail opponents or prop up chosen candidates ought to include a disclaimer that lets people know who paid to put them online.
State Senate President Troy Jackson testifying recently about his bill to bring transparency to ‘fake news’ sites.
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“This is good transparency for everyone,” Jackson told the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.
New Hampshire’s latest bid to create “education freedom accounts” – a voucher-like program allowing public school dollars to be used by families in private schools – is not the first attempt of its kind. But it is the broadest.
The proposed law, Senate Bill 130, would give parents the option of using per-pupil public school funding not just for private school tuition, but for supplies and services ranging from computers to tutors. Senate budget writers are expected to add the language to the 2021-2022 budget bill later in the session.
The higher ambitions for the law this year are partly a result of party control: Republicans took back the House and Senate in 2020, with school choice among their biggest priorities.
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NH AG Gordon MacDonald renominated to be chief justice of state Supreme Court
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has an opportunity to elevate the debate over the school voucher bill.
Modified: 1/21/2021 10:05:06 PM
CONCORD Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said he would respect U.S. Supreme Court precedent if appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court including over reproductive rights responding to questions at an extended hearing Thursday to assess his renomination by Gov. Chris Sununu.
However, he would not detail how he might rule in the state’s highest court should Roe v. Wade be overturned federally, citing a long-standing tradition of not commenting on future decisions as a judicial nominee. He declined to divulge his own opinion.
At state Supreme Court nomination hearing, MacDonald grilled over Roe v. Wade
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has an opportunity to elevate the debate over the school voucher bill. AP
Published: 1/21/2021 4:28:08 PM
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said that he would respect U.S. Supreme Court precedent if appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court – including over reproductive rights – responding to questions at an extended hearing Thursday to assess his renomination by Gov. Chris Sununu.
However, he would not detail how he might rule in the state’s highest court should Roe v. Wade be overturned federally, citing a longstanding tradition of not commenting on future decisions as a judicial nominee. He declined to divulge his own opinion.