Stacey Ray Lancaster, a former high school educator who was convicted of attempted child sex trafficking in Manchester, N.H., was sentenced Monday to more than 13 years in federal prison. That's less than what prosecutors had sought.
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‘Helping ICE effectuate mass deportations’: NH Governor Ayotte releases Trump administration’s plans for detainment facilities with 92,600 beds across US, report @reporterporter.bsky.social & @amandagokee.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/m...
By @reporterporter.bsky.social and @amandagokee.bsky.social -- Trump administration plans for massive detention system revealed
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Noble thanked Cornell for offering those remarks at the outset of the committee meeting. Noble added that they have "a wonderful working relationship" — to which Cornell replied, "We do. I agree." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIgg...
Cornell: "No one on this committee should be advocating for segregation, which has no place in New Hampshire's educational system. Let's do the work we were elected to do, with respect and dignity, and work together."
Cornell said 9 in 10 students attend N.H. public schools. "They rely on us to do our jobs with seriousness of purpose," she said, calling for respectful collaboration across economic, political, and cultural differences.
Noble had said last week it was "funny to watch the Democrats feign outrage" over leaked messages that appeared to show her yearning for "segregated schools" (which she strongly implied she had made in reference to separating schools by political party, not race). www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/m...
At this morning's education policy committee meeting in the N.H. House, ranking member Patricia Cornell (D) criticized chair Kristin Noble (R) for her recent "segregated schools" comments: "We cannot allow offensive rhetoric to deflect us from our vital responsibility as education policymakers." 🧵
“Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
“We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” the statement said. “We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement. We pray that the Lord may guide the leaders of our nation ...” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
AP: Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says
History shows such a policy risks disasters from bad intel: “in a 2001 incident, the C.I.A. told the Peruvian government that a plane was smuggling drugs, and its air force shot it down, only to find out that it had instead killed American missionaries.”
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Karishma Manzur, a progressive nonprofit leader and medical scientist from Exeter, N.H., launched a campaign for US Senate on Wednesday, making her the first to challenge Chris Pappas for the 2026 Democratic nomination. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/m...
What we know so far about N.H. Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill’s official email outreach and how Republicans have responded. One state rep accused her of taxpayer-funded “political lawfare.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/m...
If another 642 students are approved this fall for voucher-like "education freedom accounts" in New Hampshire (on top of the 10,000 already approved), then enrollment in the EFA program would exactly double what it was a year ago. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m...
A federal judge in New Hampshire just issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from following through on threats to defund schools that defy its anti-DEI directives. The judge's order is 82 pages. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/m...
A government lawyer presented such a dizzying argument about the status of an international student at Dartmouth College that a federal judge suggested it sounded like something out of a Franz Kafka novel. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/m...
The DOJ has been fairly clear about its intentions of enabling the president to exert more authority over these administrative law judges (who are employees of the executive branch, not the judicial branch). www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...
The L.A. Times reported this morning that four immigration judges from California were among those let go: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Three more immigration judges at the Chelmsford Immigration Court (which handles cases from northern New England & parts of Mass.) were fired abruptly by the Trump administration.
The head of their union warned about the risks of undermining due process. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...
Yes … but the only things I’m allergic to are penicillin and bullshit.
Almost everything that's publicly known about this federal apprehension came from state/local authorities. The N.H. Judicial Branch released video & Hudson PD released an incident report from an officer who happened to be at the courthouse. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/m... @globenh.bsky.social
h/t @wmur9.bsky.social for a report earlier this week calling attention to this incident: www.wmur.com/article/agen...
The two federal agents, who told a local police officer they came to apprehend people on behalf of ATF and ICE, haven't been publicly identified. It's unclear where the man they detained was taken. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/m... @globenh.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
He made it to the courthouse in time for his arraignment on state-level misdemeanor charges, went through security, and rode the elevator to the third floor. But he never made it into the courtroom. 🧵
By the way: Remember those two EOs that I mentioned Trump signed in January? They are specifically cited in the "General Assurances" document that school leaders are now supposed to sign by June 1. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In the meantime, the parties are preparing to be back in federal court in Concord, N.H., next week to argue over whether the judge should impose a preliminary injunction before the April 24 deadline.
So, uh, watch this space.
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After some back-and-forth, parties reached a short-term agreement. What happens next? An ACLU attorney told me schools have two weeks to decide whether to sign/amend/rescind their certifications. Notices to that effect must be distributed to the states today. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/10/m...
A tight deadline prompted the ACLU and NEA to file an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, as @globenh.bsky.social reported yesterday.
[They filed our news report as an exhibit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... ]
