I would like to take a moment to describe something very different from the norm. Democrats have turned their noses up at a $46 million gift from the federal government in the form of a no-cost grant for public education.
The Democratic-controlled Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee recently voted, not once but twice to turn down a $46 million federal grant to expand education innovation and charter schools in New Hampshire.
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