Featuring Hosts: Matthew Carano, Nick Boyle, and Cord Blomquist

Engineered by: Matthew Carano

Produced by: Matthew Carano, and Nick Boyle

On this episode of The Freecast Cord and Matt talk about Sports Betting, Liberty House celebrates 15 years of helping vets without state funds, Portsmouth police want to commandeer private cams, and the state of education funding in NH.

News

• Sports betting is one step closer to a reality, may become part of a Casino bill
  • https://www.legalsportsreport.com/30827/new-hampshire-sports-betting-2019-effort/
• Liberty House in Manchester celebrates 15 years of helping veterans
  • https://www.wmur.com/article/liberty-house-in-manchester-celebrates-15-years-of-helping-veterans/27011798
  • http://libertyhousenh.org/
• Districts sue state over education funding
  • District claims that per-student spending needs to triple
  • There is little correlation between spending and performance
    • NH is still a top-10 spender on education per student
    • NY State spends most and has worse outcomes
    • https://www.governing.com/gov-data/education-data/state-education-spending-per-pupil-data.html
  • https://www.nhpr.org/post/conval-school-district-sues-state-over-education-funding
• US outspends all other OECD countries on education
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-education-spending-tops-global-list-study-shows/
• Meanwhile Claremont, the origin of the “Claremont Cases” seems incompetent
  • https://www.unionleader.com/news/education/claremont-schools-lose-in-lunch-money-due-to-late-paperwork/article_bd840615-e749-5049-b898-533fa1c9ff3b.html?block_id=664693
• Sununu Stands against new taxes
  • https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/NH-Gov-Chris-Sununu-Jabs-Democrats-on-Taxes-at-Conservative-Rally-507989621.html
• The Portsmouth Chief of Police is pushing for control over private and public cameras downtown
  • https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20190402/portsmouth-chief-pushes-for-downtown-video-camera-access?fbclid=IwAR2k4uNaooH6z5lCBHEjNg3dFJdFve1UdsSOoyFtyr2sHKHi94vy6INI-Zs

Events

• Freecoast Liberty Outreach Meetup
  • Dover – 1st Thursday

NH History

• Historic New England

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