Cook on Concord

New Hampshire cannot be ‘controlled’

In a recent ad, a candidate for Congress claimed that “two families have controlled New Hampshire politics for the last several decades,” or something to that effect. That rather curious claim referred to the alleged dominance of New Hampshire politics by the Shaheen and Sununu families. The notion that any family has or could dominate New Hampshire politics has to be dismissed.

Franklin progress and congressmen

August 4 was a perfect New Hampshire day. Along Route 3, a tour of the wonderful New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, a peaceful and impressive oasis everyone should experience, was followed by the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the Military and Veterans Campus of Easterseals New Hampshire in Franklin.

Cook on Concord: A $200 million shot

Ever since Gov. Ayotte announced the GO-NORTH medical funding program, which deploys federal funds allocated to New Hampshire by the federal government, there has been much speculation on how it could be used. This…