Feb 13, 2013
HB 271 is a bill that will allow New Hampshire to opt-out of the federal government’s Medicaid expansion plan. If we were to accept this significant expansion, New Hampshire citizens would have fewer healthcare choices, higher costs, and less services while being...
Feb 7, 2013
The Senate Health, Education and Human Services Committee held a hearing on a bill to institute Competency Based Learning in NH (SB 82) and there were no opponents present. However, most people who understand that it is merely a repackaging of OBE and other school...
Feb 6, 2013
HB 185 would increase the fuel oil discharge cleanup fund fee. “A fee of [$.01] $0.0125 per gallon of fuel oil shall be assessed at the time of importation into this state.” This raises the tax by 25%. The bill’s sponsors are Rep. L. Webb, Merr 3;...
Feb 6, 2013
Delmar Burridge, (D) Cheshire District 16, is seen here promoting a bill that would allow “counties to adopt a county income tax to be administered by the department of revenue administration.” The bill is co-sponsored by Timothy Robertson (D) Cheshire...
Feb 6, 2013
House Bill 454 was heard before the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee on February 5, 2013. You can follow the status of the bill here. Here is testimony from a NH citizen given in favor of it. Chairman, David Borden, Committee Members, other guests and...
Feb 5, 2013
Update: Tomorrow (February 6) NH House of Representatives are voting on a bill to to prohibit NH towns from contracting with ICLEI (Granite State Future, United Agenda 21, etc.) The Municipal and County Government Committee recommended to ITL the legislation. We would...