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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.
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 elect our legislators every two years, and 2022 is a state election year. Primary elections for the NH State Senate and House of Representatives are in four short months, and the general election is in six months. A lot can happen in that time. Will you be part of ensuring a bright future for …
Tomorrow, the New Hampshire Senate will vote on HB 1609. Although this bill was originally introduced as a gutting bill designed to totally nullify our 24-week abortion ban—the Fetal Life Protection Act—the bill was fortunately curtailed by the New Hampshire House Finance Committee before being passed by the full House.
On April 13, the NH House Judiciary Committee will hear Senate Bill 399. Although this bill was introduced to repeal the Fetal Life Protection Act—New Hampshire’s only protection for the late-term pre-born—it was then amended by the NH Senate into a form that Cornerstone supports.
OSHA has issued its Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 vaccination and testing for all employers with 100 employees or more. Jab or no job: the deadline for 84 million employees is January 4!
Now might be the time to crank up some intestinal fortitude and ask for the recommendations of the VOTER IDENTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
New Hampshire’s Biomass mess is winding down. The Legislature refused to override the governor’s veto on a timber-industry sop. And federal Regulators declared the original law whose veto was overridden invalid. Ratepayers should be cheering.
Today (and tomorrow) are Veto override days in the NH Legislature. And they have a lot of bills to consider. We’ve posted a list of bills he rejected. But as I write this Gov. Sununu has thanked the NH House for sustaining twenty-(two) of his vetoes (so far).
We learned that even when the House and Senate sit down together in Committees of Conference to settle their disagreements on really bad legislation that the resulting legislation can still be really bad legislation, especially when it comes to our State’s Budget. Proof that sometimes more than 2 heads are not better than one. We …
So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (06/27/19)? Read More »
