Former Rep Coffey Testifies on 911 Immunity Bill

Backers of a bill that would grant legal immunity to anyone who calls 911 for a drug- or alcohol-related emergency described it yesterday as a Good Samaritan law that would encourage more people to seek life-saving medical treatment. Part of former Rep. Jenn...

GOPers Trying to Bring Back Straight Ticket Voting

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) . A group of Republican representatives want to bring back straight ticket voting. Straight ticket voting was repealed by Democrats in 2007. Supporters said the practice was confusing with some voters selecting a box on the ballot that indicates...

Dems Seek to Raise Taxes Again (HB 168)

Democrats Charles Weed (D) from Keene and Richard Eaton (D) from Greenville are pushing an increase in the beer tax. HB 168 Write to them at cweed@keene.edu and richard.eaton@leg.state.nh.us and ask them why they feel the need to raise taxes?

Dems Turn Statehouse Into Danger Zone

Here is a list of six Republican Representatives who voted on January 2, 2013 with 190 Democrats on a 196 to 153 vote to make Representatives Hall and the House Gallery in the NH State House into gun-free, killing zones: Belknap County – Dennis Fields, Sanborton...

Dems Remove Two Important Committees

CONCORD – The House has voted 226-147 to eliminate the Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification, and Redress of Grievances committees established two years ago. Because after all, who needs that pesky old Constitution, or a means to hear to the...

Right to Know Laws Under Attack

Cited by CNHT as the ‘sharpest tool in the box’, New Hampshire’s Right to Know Laws, under RSA 91-A, are being attacked. “Even as two changes to state law designed to improve New Hampshire residents’ access to government records are just...