Grant Bosse and Jack Heath look into the language agreed to by Governor John Lynch and House and Senate leaders in this week's edition of The Josiah Bartlett Report. Read More>>

(CONCORD) The New Hampshire House has agreed to Senate changes to a bill blocking implementation of health insurance exchanges under ObamaCare, sending the legislation to Governor John Lynch. HB 1297 would prevent state officials from implementing a state-run exchange, but some Senators worried the bill would hamstring the Insurance Department from even talking with federal officials. The Senate version allows state officials to work with Washington, if the Obama Administration decided to set up a federally-facilitated exchange.Read More>>

FOR THE MONITOR Back in the pioneer days of the internet, Mike Godwin coined a phrase that now bears his name. "As the length of a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." By custom, whoever plays the Nazi card ends the discussion and loses the argument. Over the past two weeks, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt and the Concord Monitor have lost the argument.Read More>>

Grant Bosse and Jack Heath discuss a controversial cartoon in the Concord Monitor, a veto from Governor Lynch, and the future of the New Hampshire budget in this installment of The Josiah Bartlett Report. Read More>>

Today, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be in Hillsboro, NH highlighting what he sees as a waste of federal stimulus dollars, an historic bridge that literally goes nowhere. We looked into this Bridge to Nowhere project two years ago at New Hampshire Watchdog.Read More>>

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, while showing 69,000 jobs were added in May, also saw the unemployment rate move upwards from 8.1% to 8.2%. While the addition of any jobs is a good thing, most economists were predicting in the neighborhood of 150,000 new jobs, not 69,000. These employment figures shows that there are still underlying weaknesses in the US economy. The Labor Statistics does not only publish the unemployment rate each month, but a myriad of other data points, that paint a far more complete picture of the job market.Read More>>

This week, Governor John Lynch agreed with legislative leadership on language for a constitutional amendment on education funding.

[Art.] 5-c [Public Education]. In fulfillment of the provisions with respect to education set forth in Part II, Article 83, the legislature shall have the responsibility to maintain a system of public elementary and secondary education and to mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity. In furtherance thereof, the Legislature shall have the full power and authority to make reasonable standards for elementary and secondary public education and standards of accountability and to determine the amount of, and the methods of raising and distributing, state funding for public education.

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Grant Bosse updates Paul Westcott on this summer's construction on I-93. Tune into NH Watchdog on The Paul Westcott Show Friday morning at 7:20 on AM610 WGIR,, 96.7 The Wave, through the I Heart Radio ap, and online at WGIRam.com. Read More>>

Grant Bosse and Jack Heath delve into the agreement between Governor John Lynch and legislative leaders on an education funding amendment. Tune into NH Today with Jack Heath at 5pm on 107.7 The Pulse, or online at WTPLfm.com.Read More>>

The Union Leader's Garry Rayno reports on Governor John Lynch reaching agreement with House and Senate leaders on language of a constitutional amendment on education funding.Read More>>