A Family of Workers Rights Bills
If it were a perfect world, and you woke up tomorrow with the ultimate family life and ideal work conditions, what would it look like? That was the question asked of more than 250 people at the first...
View ArticleConsolidation, Layoffs and Entrepreneurship
consolidation A last-minute amendment to a study bill has spiced up its public hearing in the House, scheduled for this Thursday. Senate Bill 132, as originally worded, would have established a...
View ArticleA Deadline for Decision-Making
March 25 this year marks Crossover, the deadline for the N.H. House and Senate to vote on all bills that originated in those respective chambers. Bills must pass the chamber in which they’re introduced...
View ArticleHeads or Tails for the Budget
The N.H. House and Senate managed to come to an agreement Wednesday about New Hampshire’s budget—sort of. They agreed, at least, to keep trying to agree on how to achieve about $300 million in savings...
View ArticleBusiness Tax Study
Created in the aftermath of the “LLC tax” controversy, the Commission to Study Business Taxes is due to issue an interim report on Dec. 1. The 12-member commission will hold two public meetings in...
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House Business Coalition
With business clearly on their mind, a group of lawmakers has founded the New Hampshire House Business Coalition. The group was formed by Reps. Laurie Sanborn (R-Loudon), Thomas Keane (R-Bow), House...
View ArticleTracking Taxes
We begin our breakdown of the more than 900 bills being proposed for the 2011 legislative session with a continuation of yesterday’s dispatch: taxes. Some 14 bills (so far) with a focus on taxes have...
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Previewing Lynch’s Budget Address
When Democratic Gov. John Lynch delivers his state budget address tomorrow, it will be a dramatic change from his last budget speech in February 2009. Democratic majorities in both the N.H. House and...
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House to vote on fighting federal health care reform
Ready for an old-fashioned Constitutional showdown? We’re tracking an effort by New Hampshire lawmakers to get the Attorney General to join other states in challenging the constitutionality of last...
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