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Right Side Up: Mistakes Were Made

October 2, 2025 Right Side Up

This week on Right Side Up, we discuss mistakes made by past legislatures that should be fixed this coming session. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Please … Read more

Quaratiello: Good News/Bad News: NH Library Legislation Update

August 11, 2025 Arlene Quaratiello

I have some good news and some bad news regarding library legislation proposed here in New Hampshire this year. First, the bad news: a bill that would have prohibited obscene materials in public school libraries (HB324) was vetoed by Governor Kelly Ayotte last month. But here’s the good news: the governor did sign a bill … Read more

Opting-In vs. Opting-Out, It Matters

June 10, 2025June 9, 2025 Julie Smith

Ever since the resurgence of BLM 5 years ago, many people have retooled the saying in the image of their own important issues. “(Your passionate issue here) matters.” Look no further than HB446, which is fortunately on its way to the Corner Office right now. That bill makes non-academic surveys opt-in by parental consent. Most … Read more

NH Family Justice Updates

April 22, 2025 Leah Cushman

📢 House Executive Sessions (Committee Votes) 📢Email/call the Committee members- look them up here. 📅 Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 – 👨‍⚖️House Judiciary CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord ✅ Support ✅Any time after 10:00AM – SB141- extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases.This bill creates an … Read more

Right to Try Legislation Needs Your Help

April 20, 2025 Cornerstone Action

Senate to Hear Life-Affirming Legislation This WeekLast month, the full House voted unanimously to pass the right to try expansion that would give terminally ill patients greater access to treatments in development. The bill is now in the Senate. By providing greater legal protections for patients and providers and incorporating common-sense enhancements, HB 701 promises real relief … Read more

NH Family Justice Updates

April 13, 2025 Leah Cushman

Hearings Next Week!Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 – 11:00AMHouse Children and Family LawRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord👀 Watch 👀Continuing Education with Administrative Judge Ellen V. Christo, NH circuit court.Watch the judicial system and Chairman Mark Pearson continue to spin their narrative that everything in the Family Court is lawful, that due process can … Read more

So, Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (3/26/25)?

March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 Judy Aron

We learned that we had around 101 bills to tackle between today and the next day, plus whatever got pulled off consent. So everyone knew it was gonna be a looooong 2 days. Wednesday’s session began with 188 Republicans and 145 Democrats in the House. Of course Republicans still had more legislation on the agenda … Read more

The First Four Housing Reform Bills of 2025

February 14, 2025 Andrew Cline

New Hampshire’s housing shortage, and the price spike that it created, has made housing the No. 1 problem facing the state, according to University of New Hampshire polling. Fixing the state’s housing shortage is such a priority for voters that a 2024 UNH poll found more than 1/3 of voters rating it as the top problem, … Read more

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When Only Some of Us Win, All of Us Lose

February 11, 2025 Ian Underwood

Judy Aron’s regular posts about what is going on in the House are informative, insightful, well-written, and worth reading. Near the beginning of a recent post, she started out with this comment: We knew the 23 bills we had before us were going to yield some very good wins. I don’t think that’s an unusual … Read more

So, Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (2/6/25)?

February 7, 2025 Judy Aron

Today we learned that being in a comfortable majority is a glorious thing indeed! At the start of this wintry day there were 209-R and 149-D in attendance. We knew the 23 bills we had before us were going to yield some very good wins. That being said, we’ve got a lot of work ahead … Read more

NH Rep. Mike Bordes Loves Cats and Vermin More Than Babies

January 22, 2025 Beth Scaer

For the second year in a row, NH Rep. Mike Bordes is the prime sponsor of a bill banning cat declawing, HB201. Related: NH Rep Mike Bordes Wants to Protect Cats but Not Babies Rep. Bordes defended the bill to The Concord Monitor: If your child draws with a crayon on the wall, are you … Read more

Protect Girls

January 21, 2025 Glenn Cordelli

Seven months ago, I wrote about an NH teacher who took time off from school to take a student to get an abortion without the knowledge of her parents. It turned out that there were unique circumstances, but the fundamental issues remain. I wrote then that it would be a priority for me for this … Read more

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Who Voted to Make Vermont So Freakin’ Unaffordable?

August 25, 2024August 25, 2024 Rob Roper

The Vermont primaries are over, and the official general election campaign season of 2024 has begun! With property taxes increasing by unprecedented amounts, energy costs rising with a new, potentially massive tax on home heating fuels up for a vote in January 2025, another double-digit premium increase for health insurance just announced, a new payroll … Read more

Breaking: Gov Sununu Signs Genital Surgery Ban for Minors – Protects Girls Sports [Update]

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has signed HB619 and HB1205. The first bill restricts bottom surgery for minors in the Granite State. The second requires sports in schools to be divided by biological sex. Get more background on HB619 here and HB1205 here. Top surgery is not prohibited, so HB619 is an incremental step in … Read more

Gandalf You Shall Not Pass Without the Legislature Delegating its Powers to you

Federal Court Says EEOC Can’t Force Employers To Pay for Employee Abortions

June 22, 2024 Skip

Bureaucrats in all of the various agencies that make up the Federal, State, and local governments are getting over their ski tips. No, not all of them. I’ve met a number of government employees who really do consider themselves to be public servants and conduct themselves accordingly.

Hey NH, Let’s Go UNICAMERAL

May 9, 2024 Julie Smith

Let me first thank Spike for mentioning my recent article in his article, which he finishes with noting that it’s “planting a small seed.” It inspired me to review one of my earliest articles, perhaps my 3rd, to also plant a small seed, and it received some comments that I either overlooked or were posted after I stopped looking.

Your State House – A Comprehensive Look At Last Week’s Legislative Activity

January 12, 2025April 3, 2024 Carol McGuire

This week, the House met to consider all bills that didn’t go to a second committee. Since this was a deadline, many bills we wanted to kill would be tabled instead since the motion to table is not debatable. Anything on the table after this week would need a 2/3 vote to do anything, so … Read more

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NH AG Didn’t Sign on To A Letter Calling Out Maine’s “Extraterritorial Bullying” [Update: Kidnapping/Child-Trafficking]

July 15, 2024March 13, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Maine has legislation in the pipeline that would enshrine a right to puberty-blocking and transgender surgery. Maine can do what Maine wants to do, but according to Tennessee’s AG and fifteen other AGs, it ‘creates a private right of action for damages against law enforcement, prosecutors, and officials in other states.

Your State House – 3/10/24

January 12, 2025March 10, 2024 Carol McGuire

This week, my committee met to recommend eleven bills to the full House. Most had gone to the subcommittee, and as usual, we nearly always agreed with the subcommittee recommendation, and most recommendations were unanimous. HB 1387, my bill on the state building code adoption process, had a minor amendment to allow consideration of a … Read more

NH House, Selectively Reactionary?

November 19, 2024March 10, 2024 Julie Smith

I just read today’s “Judy Aron Report,” which is a great thing to do the day after the House meets. One of many reasons to encourage others to do the same is that she captures most of the items of great public interest.