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The Trump inspired tariffs on Canada mean less freedom and first amendment rights.   One of the major tariff items imported from Canada that is causing this is newsprint. Some of the smaller newspapers in New Hampshire are reporting as much as a 35% increase in the price of newsprint.   The impact of this is very clear: less newspapers, less words and less free speech.     In New Hampshire neither Governor Chris Sununu or one member of the congressional delegation has said anything about these tariffs and this is despite the granite state having over $500 million dollars a year in cross-border trade with Canada alot of which originates in the North Country.   These tariffs against Canada are very real. Sanctions against free speech are very real. Less newspapers are less free speech which will only embolden more sanctions to happen and they will.  

  The slot machine revenue at the Oxford Casino is increasing. This is good for Maine and continues to be bad for New Hampshire. Slot Machine Revenues Increasing. Good for Maine and Bad For New Hampshire.   Located about 40 miles east of the New Hampshire border at East Conway it's yearly revenue for 2017 was $796.6 million dollars up $62 million from the year before. It isn't unreasonable to believe that 25% of these revenues at this small casino are coming from the Mount Washington Valley and the rest of the Granite State. These numbers are in direct contrast to the argument that the market for casinos in New Hampshire is "over- saturated."  Not true.    But despite this ever increasing revenue going over to Maine, the New Hampshire legislature has once again tabled and killed casino legislation. Co-Sponsored by North Country Senator Jeff Woodburn, Senate Bill 586 was actually a bad piece of legislation. Intended for "optimal revenue impact" the b...

I missed the Lancaster Fair this year!!! I'm now really regretting this. Unlike other state fairs where it's all about the midway and selling fried dough, the Lancaster Fair has kept to it's original charter and that is an emphasis on the agriculture. I'm thinking of this now in February after watching some of the Budweiser Superbowl Ads with the puppy and the Clydesdale horses.     www.nhinsider.com