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Is Voter ID on its way to NH?
New Hampshire doesn’t have a voter fraud problem, and Republican lawmakers want to keep it that way by requiring photo ID from voters. Expect a spirited debate when the House votes on Senate Bill 129...
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The Local Slaughter
Should New Hampshire resurrect the in-state meat and poultry inspection service it abandoned more than three decades ago? This Rollinsford cow from Brookford Farm is headed for milking, not slaughter....
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Fighting Over Right-to-Work
Expect a veto fight over the so-called “Right to Work” bill (see our earlier dispatch here.) House Bill 474 would prevent New Hampshire’s public sector unions from collecting fees from non-union...
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Return to Sender
The N.H. House reached a veto-proof majority when it voted 261-104 to approve its own version of a Senate proposal to fight federal health care reform. But will the Senate concur? Sen. Tom De Blois...
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They Said It!
There was plenty to say this week about RGGI, federal health care reform, private prisons, and payday loans. Nanny rates On Wednesday, the House defeated a bill to re-allow a variation of so-called...
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NHPTV Vote This Week
When it meets in full session Wednesday, the Senate will decide whether to join the House in prohibiting state funding of New Hampshire Public Television. House Bill 113, which passed the House 263-102...
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Legalize It? NH Senate Votes Today
The persistent push to legalize medical marijuana distribution in New Hampshire has flown mostly under the radar this session, as budget matters and issues like fighting federal health care reform have...
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Criminal Records: Gone but not Forgotten
How do you annul a criminal record in the digital age? A House proposal to update the state’s criminal record annulment law attempts to provide a 21st century update to a pre-digital age New Hampshire...
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They Said It
It’s Friday the 13th, and we bring you another installment of “They Said It.” This week, we heard a lot of talk about Gov. John Lynch’s veto of so-called right-to-work legislation, pleasure over the...
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Front Door Politics is back! Thanks to our loyal readers, and thanks especially to The Wire newspaper in Portsmouth. Front Door Politics returns for the 2012 legislative session to bring you statehouse...
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