NH Sends a Message to Big Wind And The Greenwashers

The New Hampshire House has taken significant steps toward protecting the “fragile” Gulf of Maine from big wind and its ratepayers from higher electricity costs – acknowledging that the latter is arguably too little too late. Our electric rates suck, have sucked for decades, and keep getting suckier, so this week’s action is more a … Read more

Two Gun Control Bills Shot Down

From the Women’s Defense League On Thursday, the full New Hampshire House of Representatives shot down two gun control bills that were voted Inexpedient to Legislate out of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. House Bill 56 The first bill was HB 56 – requiring a background check and mandatory waiting period during certain … Read more

Gun Confiscation Bill Exec Session

UPDATE – They have changed the exec session to February 26th. The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to vote on HB 159 – aka – the ‘gun confiscation bill’, in an executive session, on Friday, February 21st. You can read more about the bill here. You can find even more information about it here. An amendment … Read more

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Why Can’t You Show Us Where The Missing $169K Was Spent?

If you are reading this, it has been sixteen days since the Committee to Elect House Republicans (CTEHR) was publicly informed of the need to submit corrected campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State’s Office to account for missing expenditures totaling nearly $170,000.00. If you’ve been following the story, you’ll know that, according to … Read more

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Gun Control Votes in NH House

From the Women’s Defense League On Thursday, February 20th, the full New Hampshire House will vote on two gun control bills we’ve already told you about: HB – 352 The Voter Suppression gun control bill and HB – 56 The End Gun Safety training and hurry-up-and-wait to practice your rights bill. Both bills were voted Inexpedient to Legislate out of the … Read more

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Why Do We Need Metal Detectors and X-Ray Machines in The State House?

Ten Democrats and two ‘republicans’ have sponsored a bill to create a committee whose job it would be “to study the feasibility and implementation of certain state house complex safety and security procedures.” It sounds benign enough, but if you read HB477—once you get past the bits about how the committee shall be comprised—the proposed … Read more

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Your State House 2/14/2025

This week, my committee continued public hearings. HB 192, ratifying the recommendations of the joint committee on employee classification, included a lesson on how the JCEC evaluates pay scales for state employees. This bill included a number of revised positions, but forgot to include a medical director in the department of corrections, which was included … Read more

So, Your Online Testimony … Doesn’t Really Count

A few days ago, we reported on what we thought was “an issue” with the New Hampshire legislature’s online reporting portal. The Granite State lets you “sign-in” to the legislature’s website to show support or opposition to a bill and even provide written testimony. This was adopted (presumably) because a lot of people can’t be … Read more

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So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (2/13/25)?

Today we began the day with a joint legislative session with the Senate to hear the Governor’s budget presentation. We learned that the Governor delivered to the House and Senate a budget that allocates more money to education and communities, contains no new tax increases, and focuses on the housing crisis and supports law enforcement. … Read more

Double Queen Sharon’s Pleasure

Remember that old 70s commercial for Wrigley’s Doublemint gum?  It would say “double your pleasure.”  Voting the wrong way on HB238 is one way to pleasure the old battle axe, and 25 Rs just voted to indefinitely postpone the Right to Work bill. Keeping in mind that Queen Sharon (Carson) is also an enemy of … Read more

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Your State House 2/7/2025

This week, my committee continued public hearings. HB 180, on critical incident stress management teams, made some minor clarifying tweaks and deleted the requirement for a qualifying test by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. This national group gives standards for training, but the post-training test costs $400, which is too much for many of … Read more

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We’re Still Waiting For Those Campaign Finance Report Corrections

It has been a week and a day, give or take, since we reported on House leadership’s response to several Election Law (specifically campaign finance) complaints. The Committee to Elect House Republicans (CTEHR) appears numerically challenged, having somehow misplaced over 169,000 dollars between 2022 and 2024. To provide a bit of contrast, I could probably … Read more

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Should Some Online “Testimony” Be Dismissed – Yes!

Not all that long ago, the Dover Dems outrage machine lost its hive mind (for a little bit) over Representative Ladd dismissing about 3500 online testimony oppositions to a Bill before the Education Committee. I saw it, thought he shouldn’t do that, and then ignored whatever happened after. Thankfully, it wasn’t just the Dover Dems; … Read more

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Eliminate Vehicle Inspections in NH

Please support an OTP motion on HB649 This is your chance to finally eliminate vehicle inspections once and for all. This is the year; I believe we have the state house numbers, but we still need your help.  When: Transportation Committee, Room 203, Tuesday, February 11th @ 1 PM @ the LOB (the building is … Read more

I Agree With Hope Damon

I just finished reading the latest routine Judy Aron piece that releases the day after the House meets, something I encourage everyone to do.  She writes a great summary with a flair of humor.  Near the end, she mentions an enemy camp rep that I usually call “HopeLESS Damon,” a member of House Education (funding) … Read more

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Mr. Speaker: Is it Money Laundering Or Something Else?

While we wait for the Committee to Elect House Republicans (CTEHR) to explain where nearly 170,000.00 dollars went between 2022 and 2024, other related matters require our attention. Let me preface with this. If you are married, it is not a good look if you are seen frequently in public in the private company of … Read more

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Red Flag Law Alert

We need to band together again because HB159, a rehash of last year’s HB1711, is back to challenge our Second Amendment rights. This bill threatens to allow the government to seize firearms based on mental health proceedings, and we cannot let it pass without a fight.Here’s how you can help push back against this infringement: Or … Read more

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Your State House 1/31/25

This week, my committee continued with public hearings. HB 233, requiring the New Hampshire vaccine association record and publish its meetings, including written questions and their answers, had a rather contentious hearing. The supporters spoke of transparency and being unable to get their questions answered; the association insisted that it was merely a pass through … Read more

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