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NHGOP’s Boyd Wins Big in Merrimack Special Election

NHGOP’s Boyd Wins Big in Merrimack Special Election

April 13, 2021

Republican Bill Boyd won a decisive victory over former Rep. Wendy Thomas in the special election to fill the Merrimack seat left vacant by Speaker Dick Hinch’s death. NH Journal Read More

NHGOP  House Passes ‘Treasure Trove’ Budget Over Criticism From Dems, Sununu

NHGOP House Passes ‘Treasure Trove’ Budget Over Criticism From Dems, Sununu

April 7, 2021

The GOP-controlled New Hampshire House passed its state budget, including HB 2, despite criticism from both House Democrats and Gov. Chris Sununu. NH Journal reports House Majority Leader Jason Osborne Read More

House Finance Committee Advances Budget, Sununu Rejects ‘Off The Rails’ Legislation

House Finance Committee Advances Budget, Sununu Rejects ‘Off The Rails’ Legislation

March 31, 2021

The House Finance Committee passed its $13.8 billion budget proposals, HB 1 and HB 2, advancing them toward a full House vote. NH Journal reports House Majority Leader Jason Osborne Read More

Former NH Chief Justice: Ban on Critical Race Theory Doesn’t Violate Constitution

Former NH Chief Justice: Ban on Critical Race Theory Doesn’t Violate Constitution

March 15, 2021

Former New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Bob Lynn released an opinion defending the constitutionality of HB 544, the bill barring state employees and contractors from teaching or training certain Read More

“Democrats Are Going Home Now:” House Dems Attempt to Deny Quorum Backfires

“Democrats Are Going Home Now:” House Dems Attempt to Deny Quorum Backfires

February 24, 2021

House Democrats’ attempt to block a vote on a pro-life bill by walking out and denying a quorum backfired when Speaker Sherm Packard, anticipating the move, ordered the doors locked Read More

Abortion Politics Were At Center Of House Dems’ Walk Out

Abortion Politics Were At Center Of House Dems’ Walk Out

February 24, 2021

The New Hampshire House passed HB 625, the Fetal Life Protection Act banning abortions after 24 weeks except for medical emergencies, and HB 233, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, Read More

GOP Leader Asks Police Chiefs to Take ‘Necessary Precautions’ In Wake of NHDem’s Doxxing Attack

GOP Leader Asks Police Chiefs to Take ‘Necessary Precautions’ In Wake of NHDem’s Doxxing Attack

January 19, 2021

House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) sent a letter to New Hampshire police chiefs asking them to take precautions for state representatives after a Democratic lawmaker published the names, home Read More

NHGOP Picks Packard As Next Speaker

NHGOP Picks Packard As Next Speaker

December 18, 2020

House Republicans chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard as their nominee for Speaker of the New Hampshire House, filling the vacancy left by the death of Speaker Dick Hinch, NH Journal Read More

Cliff Maloney: Inside the ‘liberty wave’ that swept the Granite State

Cliff Maloney: Inside the ‘liberty wave’ that swept the Granite State

December 6, 2020

This op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader describes how both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court flipped Republican in 2020, crediting grassroots door-knocking by Young Americans for Liberty. Read More

Jason Osborne Will Be New House Majority Leader

Jason Osborne Will Be New House Majority Leader

November 22, 2020

Rep. Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) will become New Hampshire House Majority Leader when the new session begins, NH Journal confirmed. The four-term representative had served as the Republican policy leader for Read More

Rep. Jason Osborne: NH should not tax harm reduction

Rep. Jason Osborne: NH should not tax harm reduction

February 23, 2020

This column by New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne originally appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader on February 23, 2020. Read it at unionleader.com. IN 2007, a new Read More

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