Story Archives of 'Andru Volinsky'

The 18 year education funding debate is behind us.

At least that’s the message from certain corners as Governor Lynch this week signed a bill into law on school accountability.

Some see that act is the final step the state needed to take to fulfill its court mandated obligation to provide an adequate education.

But New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports some key education players aren’t convinced the nearly two-decade fight is over.

Our 25 in 25 series continues with the man behind the Claremont Education funding lawsuits - Andru Volinsky. Hero to some, Villain to others, Andru Volinsky for two decades has been a central figure in our school funding debates. We’ll talk with Volinsky about his career….and about how much progress he thinks has been made or not made on funding education in our state over the past quarter century.

Guest

• Andru Volinsky, a member of Bernstein Shur's Labor and Employment, and Litigation Practice Groups and lead counsel for the school districts in New Hampshire’s landmark Claremont school funding cases

Benson "Volunteer" challenges Insurance department ruling that she acted as insurance broker without a license. The former Cabletron executive faces $42,000 in fines after improproperly collecting $187,000 for her work on state health and dental contracts.

Student voting is a perennial point of partisan friction in New Hampshire Elections. But on election day things were quiet in Hanover.

Legislators will vote soon on a proposed constitutional amendment which would give sole authority to the legislature over education funding issues. Laura's guests are Representative Marjorie Smith, (D) of Durham, and Representative Mark Carter, (R) of Peterborough. We'll also hear from Keith Herman, Governor Craig Benson's Policy Advisor, Andru Volinsky, Lead Counsel for the Claremont Coalition, and Eugene Van Loan, a Manchester lawyer who has written extensively on the need to overturn Claremont.