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House GOP voting mandate passes, constitutional amendment dies

House GOP voting mandate passes, constitutional amendment dies

March 16, 2022

House Republicans approved a bill restoring voter residency requirements to state law after the state Supreme Court struck down the 2017 SB 3 law, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. Read More

EFA Program Survives ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’ Attack From House Dems

EFA Program Survives ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’ Attack From House Dems

March 16, 2022

Democrat-backed efforts to repeal, reduce, or restrict the Education Freedom Account program failed in the GOP-controlled House, NH Journal reported. Nearly 2,000 children had enrolled in EFAs since the program Read More

NH House seeks to lead way on cryptocurrency

NH House seeks to lead way on cryptocurrency

March 15, 2022

A first-in-the-nation financial reform aimed at making New Hampshire a beachhead for cryptocurrency investment cleared the House, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. The bill would position the state ahead Read More

Rep. Jason Osborne: Democrats in lock step on their extremist agenda

Rep. Jason Osborne: Democrats in lock step on their extremist agenda

February 13, 2022

This column by New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne originally appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader on February 13, 2022. Read it at unionleader.com. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE legislature Read More

House Dem leaders call to punish one of their own

House Dem leaders call to punish one of their own

January 31, 2022

House Democratic leaders signaled that one of their own members should lose a committee seat after charges she used a racial slur toward a Black activist, the New Hampshire Union Read More

Facing Backlash, Timberlake Teachers Union Issues Apology for Anti-Parent Comment

Facing Backlash, Timberlake Teachers Union Issues Apology for Anti-Parent Comment

January 27, 2022

The president of the Timberlane Teachers’ Association issued a public apology after an NH Journal report on her description of parental involvement in education as ‘interference.’ The dispute centered on Read More

Timberlane Union Prez Decries Parental Involvement as ‘Interference’

Timberlane Union Prez Decries Parental Involvement as ‘Interference’

January 26, 2022

The president of the Timberlane Teachers’ Association drew criticism after telling legislators that teachers should be able to work without ‘interference from parents and laws,’ NH Journal reported. The comment Read More

NH Teachers Union Files Error-Filled Suit Against Anti-Discrimination Law

NH Teachers Union Files Error-Filled Suit Against Anti-Discrimination Law

December 13, 2021

A New Hampshire teachers union and several parents and teachers filed a federal lawsuit attacking what they called the ‘divisive concepts statute,’ though no such law exists in the state, Read More

In Derry, NHGOP Scores Much Needed Special Election Win

In Derry, NHGOP Scores Much Needed Special Election Win

December 7, 2021

Republican Jodi Nelson won a special election in Derry to replace Rep. Anne Copp, defeating Democrat Mary Eisner by nearly 20 points, NH Journal reported. The win gave the NHGOP Read More

N.H. Back on Top of ‘Freedom in the 50 States’ Index

N.H. Back on Top of ‘Freedom in the 50 States’ Index

December 1, 2021

New Hampshire has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the Cato Institute’s “Freedom in the 50 States” index, displacing Florida, and was again ranked first in North America for economic Read More

Sweeping ban on vaccine mandates moves ahead

Sweeping ban on vaccine mandates moves ahead

November 16, 2021

A House panel advanced a sweeping proposal that would bar any private or public entity in New Hampshire from requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the New Read More

GOP Votes To Ban Private Businesses, Churches From Requiring Employee Vaccines

GOP Votes To Ban Private Businesses, Churches From Requiring Employee Vaccines

November 16, 2021

Republicans on the New Hampshire House Education Committee passed an amendment to HB255 barring any entity, including private businesses, from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. NH Journal reports leadership described the vote Read More

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