Dear Kent Streeters, KSC Happenings will come to you in two parts this week. Part 1 highlights actions needing attention tonight or early tomorrow (Tuesday, May 27). Part 2 will include additional action items for the week and looking ahead. This how we adapt when holidays and sickness hit! I have now come to expect…

Dear Kent Streeters, We are entering into the final round at the State House where things are now moving at lightning speed. Most bills that crossed over from one legislative chamber to the other have now had their hearings. Only a few are still awaiting committee votes. Most are headed for floor votes, with some…

If you really want to understand what is going on under the State House dome, I encourage you to read Gary Rayno’s InDepth NH op-ed this week: Distant Dome: Turning the Legislature Into an Arm of the Free State Project. Mr Rayno begins by writing: First they came for the vaccine and the masks, and then they came…

May 5, 2025 Dear Kent Streeters, Sometimes organizing means pivoting on a dime…or in this case, pivoting because of rain! Lots of rain! That’s what’s in the forecast for tomorrow, May 6, when the Senate will be holding its public hearing on the state budget. We’ve been urging everyone to to attend the Fight for Our…

Dear Kent Streeters, We are nearly 100 days into the Trump regime: A 100-day assault on immigrants, on LGBTQ+ people, on federal workers, on unions. A 100-day assault on public health, social safety nets, the environment. A 100-day assault on our freedoms, our institutions, the economy, the rule of law. In his “Documenting the Damage:100 Harmful…

Dear Kent Streeters, If we needed proof that the GOP is on a mission to enact Project 2025 here in New Hampshire and move Trump’s fascist agenda forward, we need look no further than what happened at the State House this week. In putting forth their budget for a vote, the GOP majority not only…