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OPINION: NH Women’s Foundation Backs Transgender Nondiscrimination Bill
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Thousands of transgender people live and work in our communities. They are our neighbors, co-workers, friends, and family.
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Thousands of transgender people live and work in our communities. They are our neighbors, co-workers, friends, and family.
Even before a searing report put the job of Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin at risk, some White House staffers were pushing a health care agenda at odds with his. The infighting has left vets frustrated, Congress confused — and a key piece of legislation stalemated.
In Maine, Gov. Paul LePage’s State-of-the-State speech Tuesday night, he said “people from Massachusetts are coming this week to see if we are serious about allowing a transmission line that is only about 40 miles that we need (to) connect into an infrastructure that we already have.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) today spoke on the House floor in support of common sense solutions to reduce gun violence. She directly called on Speaker Ryan to end his obstruction and bring bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation to the floor for a vote.
Standing atop Rattlesnake Mountain gazing down at the Baker River as it winds its way down the valley from its headwaters in Wentworth to its confluence with the Pemigewasset River in Plymouth there is a sense of peace . . . a sense of place that one feels.
Personal stories of facing discrimination provide momentum behind passage of this historic legislation
That’s why we’re excited that the Harvard Business Review has an ask-the-expert callout running as part of their Managing #MeToo series. They’re going to explore what the standards should be, how they should be enforced and more.
Martin Murray, spokesman for Northern Pass, said, “We are shocked and outraged by today’s SEC outcome.” He continued, “Clearly, the SEC process is broken.” In other words: How dare the members of the SEC (site evaluation committee) not do as we command! And all seven of them!
“We are in the wait and see position right now,” said Hydro-Quebec spokesman Lynn St-Laurent. She said the Northern Pass project was further along with an in-service date of 2020. “We need to see what is going to happen,” St-Laurent said, “to see if the in-service date 2020 still holds.”