NH Journal - An InsideSources Publication

This is a special Friday edition of Granite Reports.
FRIDAY, FEB. 6: FRANK GUINTA, GOP PRIZE? U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta is not generally regarded as a juggernaut when it comes to his campaign organization. But a closer look shows that the conventional wisdom is wrong....

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and two leaders of New Hampshire firefighters Thursday urged Senate Republicans to vote on a “clean” Department of Homeland Security funding bill and to stop “playing politics” with first responders and public safety.
Funding for the important department is set to expire on Feb. 27 as a bill to spend $40 billion to continue its operations through the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year is bogged down in a partisan battle on Capitol Hill....

New Hampshire state Rep. Bill O’Brien has confirmed the first of what could be many meetings throughout the year between potential presidential candidates and his supporters in the Republican House majority and other conservative activists.
O’Brien said Thursday that Donald Trump has committed to attend a session in New Hampshire on either Feb. 19 or 20, pending Trump’s final schedule for those days, at venue yet to be announced....

After serving 14 years as the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry is now out of office but looking ahead to bringing his message of job creation across the country.
“We had a good go of it,” Perry told the New Hampshire Journal in an interview Thursday ahead of his two-day visit to the state next Wednesday and Thursday. In his first visit since early November, Perry will be featured at several political events and...