NH House Passes Gay Marriage
According to The Union Leader the New Hampshire House of Representatives has just passed Gay Marriage with a narrow margin.The New Hampshire House narrowly passed a bill today that would allow gay...
View ArticleKUDOS To The NH House!
What an incredible week! Concord was rockin’ as the winds of change blew through the capitol.No matter which side of the political aisle you call home, or if your place of comfort is to straddle the...
View ArticleMarriage Equality in NH: Some Backstory
Just a couple of minutes ago, the NH House of Representatives concurred with language passed in the State Senate and required by the Governor before he would sign HB436, the marriage equality bill,...
View ArticleA Challenge to NH Students
I am a proud New Hampshire citizen. I am definitely dissatisfied with the criminally negligent and unconstitutional movements coming out of my state legislature. And college students now have even more...
View ArticleBreaking: NH House Republicans to End Collective Bargaining
This is very hot off the presses, but New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley reports that NH House Republicans have added an amendment to the state budgetthat takes away collective...
View ArticleNH State Rep Says Cop Stopped Him Because of Vote Against Collective Bargaining
In the department of WTF, NH State Representative Gary Wheaton (R-Seabrook) resigned his seat after being stopped for reckless driving while his license was suspended. From WMUR,Police said Wheaton...
View ArticleSmall Government Theocracy
I write a biweekly op-ed for a small, conservative, daily newspaper in northern NH. This was printed in the 2-3-12 edition of the Conway Daily Sun.
View ArticleNH Speaker: "Gays Seek to Destroy Society"
Last week there was a rally held at the New Hampshire State House to repeal the marriage equality law. Organized by Rep. David Bates (R-Windham), who has made repeal a personal goal, spending thousands...
View ArticleNH House Majority Leader Resigns
Apparently, the NH House is going to have to find a new Majority Leader. DJ Bettencourt is resigning from the legislature due to being caught lying and cheating on his Law Degree. This is big news for...
View ArticleChatting with Jeanine ["Bake Sale" Notter]
Jeanine Notter is a first-term Republican New Hampshire state representative. Just weeks into her first term, she became legendary for suggesting that cancer patients should hold bake sales to pay for...
View ArticleA Must Hear Report On NH House Speaker Bill O'Brien and Partisan Politics In NH
I wanted to share a radio spot from This American Life in which they talk with Annmarie Timmins from the Concord Monitor, as well as many of the Representatives from the NH House.A portrait of what it...
View ArticleNH's First Transgender Rep Elected
The teabag/"free state" Republican legislature headed by Speaker Bill O'Brien was sent packing by NH voters this past Tuesday. Also notable: NH has the first all female congressional delegation, a...
View ArticleObstruction and Sabotage (in the NH legislature)
We voted out a number of the rabid ideologues that populated the NH legislature last session - the folks that caused so much amusement around the world by filing bills wishing to quote from the Magna...
View ArticleNH House Votes to Pass, then Kill, Bipartisan Bill to Fight Big Money in...
First posted on the NH Labor NewsBill to Overturn Citizens United Blocked, Despite Thousands of Citizen Calls to LegislatorsNew Hampshire reformers won a major bipartisan victory today when the NH...
View ArticleNH House Kills Planned Parenthood Investigation And Defunding Bill
Bipartisan majority rejects HJR 3, which called for an investigation into Planned Parenthood and defunding for all health centers providing abortion services87 Republican Representatives join...
View ArticleRepublicans Kill A Bill To Expand Full Day Kindergarten
By Matt Murray for the NH Labor News Original LinkRepublicans love to complain that our current education system is failing our children, yet when they are presented with a strong solution to boost...
View ArticleNH House Passes Medicaid Expansion Bill
From the NH Labor News. Original LinkToday the New Hampshire House showed that Republicans and Democrats can work together to ensure that over 40,000 Granite Staters do not lose their health care...
View ArticleVery Active Day In The NH Legislature: Round Up Of Legislation Moved Today
Today a ton of bills were passed and killed in the NH House and Senate. They range in topics but all have an impact on the future of our state. Below are press releases on a variety of bills that had...
View ArticleBringing the Fight to Trump in New Hampshire.
Recent special elections have suggested that we, as a party, are getting our mojo back. Not only did we defend the state senate in Delaware, we did so by improving on our margin in the district. In...
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