by Guest Blogger | Apr 14, 2017 | Mover Stories
Sarah and I came from Upstate New York, the only area either of us had ever lived. We were raised there, went to college there, and got jobs there. It kept us happy for a little while but we knew we wanted to experience more than the cramped suburban apartment in...
by Editor | Apr 7, 2017 | Mover Stories
I am mover #1653. To know my Free State Project story, I must tell you where I was and how I got here. It’s mid-July, 2014 and I live in Marion, OH, an hour north of Columbus, when I first hear of the Free State Project. Marion is a place where jobs were scarce....
by Carla Gericke | Mar 29, 2017 | Free State Project Updates
You win some, you lose some. And in this case, Colorado’s loss is the Free State Project’s gain. Lily Tang Williams, the Libertarian Party’s fiery 2016 U.S. Senate candidate, is moving to the Granite State. “I think maybe I could be more effective here,”...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2017 | Merrimack Valley, Mover Stories
What it took to get me to New Hampshire: Back in 2011, when I was just about to graduate college in my native state of Connecticut, I had a dream of buying a sailboat to live on and travel the Caribbean. I was travelling to Rhode Island and back multiple times per...
by Tony Jankowski | Mar 22, 2017 | Lakes Region, Mover Stories
I’ve been a participant and signer since 2005, and in 2009 my now wife Jaime and I moved from just over the border in Massachusetts. When I say “just over the border,” I mean 1/8 of a mile, and that’s where I grew up. Sure, I went to school in...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 10, 2017 | Mover Stories
In February of 2008, when I became a U.S citizen, I was led to believe that voting was now my civic duty. Previously, I had been completely apolitical, and for the first time I started to read the agendas of the two parties. Looking back, I was just another ‘one...
by Carla Gericke | Mar 9, 2017 | Expanding Liberties
Yesterday was a great day for liberty in the state capitol. Pro-liberty bills passed left and right in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and will now be considered in the Senate, after which they could make their way to the Governor’s desk for signature....
by Matt Philips | Mar 8, 2017 | Free State Project Updates
Last weekend I went down to check out Anarchapulco. Since I missed my Mexico City connection by a couple minutes, I was jerked around by the airline and I ended up checking into the auspiciously named “NH Collection” Airport Hotel. I ran into Eric July...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 3, 2017 | Mover Stories
New Hampshire just repealed concealed-carry permit requirements! We have medical marijuana and are close to decrim. We were the second state to recognize marriage rights for LGBT through legislation rather than the courts. We have the best per capita representation in...
by Carla Gericke | Feb 27, 2017 | Expanding Liberties
Editor’s Update! On July 18, 2017, Gov. Chris Sununu signed HB 640, a marijuana decriminalization bill, into law. Under the new law, effective September 16, 2017, penalties for possessing three quarters of an ounce or less of marijuana are reduced from a...