Sununu vetoes GOP-backed masking restrictions
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has vetoed a proposal that would have banned state and local mask mandates in schools during public health emergencies.
McClaughry: New Hampshire Legislature passes ‘advanced plastic recycling’ over environmentalists’ objections
Drew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center reports how the New Hampshire Legislature passed a recycling advancement bill over green objections.
Sununu pledges to veto New Hampshire ‘parental bill of rights’ legislation
The plan calls for enshrining in state law the “fundamental rights of a parent to direct the upbringing and education of his or her minor child” and would prohibit schools from interfering with those rights “without demonstrating that such action is reasonable and necessary.”
New Hampshire Legislature passes bill nullifying federal anti-gun legislation and executive orders
The New Hampshire legislature has passed HB1178, a bill prohibiting “the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
New Hampshire to audit education freedom programs
New Hampshire lawmakers have agreed to conduct regular audits of the state’s new educational freedom voucher program that is diverting taxpayer dollars for students to attend private schools and homeschooling.
New Hampshire moving to cut business taxes – again
The state Senate voted 14-10 to approve a plan to cut the state’s business profits tax from 7.6% to 7.5% for most businesses beginning in 2023. The vote went along party lines with the measure opposed by the Senate’s Democratic minority.
New Hampshire Supreme Court takes over congressional redistricting process
New Hampshire’s highest court is taking over redrawing of new congressional maps for the state amid an impasse between Gov. Chris Sununu and lawmakers that have made it one of the last states to finalize new House districts.
New Hampshire governor charges ‘full steam ahead’ with paid leave program
“A statewide, private-market, truly voluntary paid leave plan does not exist in any other state, and New Hampshire is leading the way,” Sununu said in a statement.
New Hampshire lawmakers eye registration rebates to offset gas prices
New Hampshire lawmakers want to give the state’s motorists a little relief from skyrocketing gas prices by providing them with rebates on vehicle registrations. A proposal would send the owners of vehicles registered between July 2021 and June 2022 a one-time $25 rebate.
The NH House passed a bill protecting parental rights if you refuse to vaccinate a child
The COVID Cult has a problem. All their ideas are bad. And one of them was to punish parents for refusing to let their child get injected with an experimental pharmaceutical product they don’t need that could kill them.
Sununu vows to veto proposed New Hampshire congressional maps
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu says he will veto proposed maps for New Hampshire’s two congressional districts amid claims they’ve been “gerrymandered” in the GOP’s favor.
Cap for school spending preventing property tax hikes advances in New Hampshire
Cities and towns could cap school spending to prevent local property tax hikes under a proposal being advanced by New Hampshire lawmakers.