Grant Bosse

Grant Bosse

Grant Bosse is a native of Hillsboro, NH, attending Hillsboro-Deering High School and Dartmouth College. Bosse worked as a producer, reporter, and news anchor for radio station WGIR-AM in Manchester. He later moved to Lebanon to work as a reporter and news anchor for radio station WTSL, eventually being promoted to Program Director. During his tenure, Bosse and his news team were the most decorated in New Hampshire, receiving dozens of journalistic awards from the New Hampshire Associated Press and New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, as well as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. He is particularly proud of his award winning series on the Claremont Education Lawsuit. In 1999, Bosse left radio to serve as the Senior Legislative Assistant to the New Hampshire House Majority Office, working closely with House Leadership and Republican members. Following a year as Press Secretary and Political Director for the Benson for Governor campaign, Bosse served five years on the staff of Senator John Sununu, where he specialized in environmental and energy policy. This includes two years as Staff Director of the National Ocean Policy Study. In 2008, he sought the Republican nomination in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District. Bosse currently serves as the Lead Investigator for the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, and as editor of the think tank's blog, NH Watchdog.

New Hampshire Spends Stimulus Money on Arts Programs

by Grant Bosse

The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts has handed out $230,000 in federal stimulus money to help preserve jobs in the arts. The money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is the first round of $293,100 in total arts funding for the Granite State under the $787 billion stimulus package.

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The Arts Council claims that the money will save 42 jobs at 12 music, theater, and visual arts and crafts organization throughout the state. The Governor and Council approved the grants last week:

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