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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

Maine Light House screen grab Visit Maine

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.

BEAR Pond Conservative Chronicles: In Maine, “The Dinner Table” Links True Conservatives

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 Ray Cardello

About three years ago, two Conservatives from Maine created a grassroots organization to lobby the State Legislature to pass laws that align with traditional Maine values and assist Conservative Republican candidates in their quest for office.

Keep Politics Out Of Emergencies

June 1, 2023 Op-Ed

In 2021, a group of state representatives angled to have a bill reforming New Hampshire’s state of emergency laws included in the state budget. It became the single issue that the budget debate hinged on. We were partially successful but not completely.

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Maine Considers Law Ensuring Citizens Know What Chemicals are … on Trains (No, Not COVID Vaccines)

July 16, 2024May 21, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Train derailments are a lot more common than we knew. However, after the mishandling of the chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, people with an itch to look relevant have been thinking about capitalizing on the tragedy for political points.

Support Parents’ Bill Of Rights in New Hampshire

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023 Op-Ed

S B272 “Establishing a Parents’ Bill of Rights in Education” is the Senate version. The New Hampshire House Education Committee will have a hearing on SB272, which passed in the State Senate but will need the State House to advance.

We Need to Flip the Vote for HB575 on the House Floor

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Op-Ed

I support science. I support clinical human trials for innovation. I have participated in several clinical trials since being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2001. I know the importance and time involved in obtaining real informed consent. This legislation is not “anti-vaccine.”

New Hampshire Convention of States Resolution DEFEATED

February 28, 2023 Op-Ed

We were disappointed to see that 156 Republicans voted like SHEEP (YES) on HCR1, a call for a Constitutional Convention to AMEND the US Constitution. When confronted, many spouted the very talking points we have heard from the COS lobbyists.

Your State House 2/17/23: Budget, Sununu Youth Center, HHS Privacy, Land Use Court Judge, Gas Tax and More!

January 12, 2025February 19, 2023 Carol McGuire

This was a very busy week for me; the House met on Tuesday, my committee met as usual on Wednesday and Thursday, then JLCAR on Friday. Fortunately, I’m not planning any committee work for the next two weeks: just sessions and subcommittee work. The House session began with SB 1, a bill from Finance to … Read more

Proposed Legislation That Affects the Right to Life

February 14, 2023February 13, 2023 Op-Ed

The NH Legislative Pro-Life Caucus & NH Right to Life are sponsoring a press conference in Concord, NH, to discuss proposed legislation that affects the right to life that will have hearings in House Judiciary later this week.

Why Is a “Self-Funded” State-Owned Ski Area Looking To Take More Money from Taxpayers

February 5, 2023 Op-Ed

Cannon Mountain is at it again – now demanding $25 million from state taxpayers to replace a part-time ski lift that is only halfway through its engineered life (the tramway).