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Stating all Americans face “unprecedented threats to gender justice” by the incoming Donald Trump Administration, President Joe Biden is being asked to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution by New Hampshire Democrats.
There are ten cookies on a plate. Good ones, not Oreo double stuff. The rich guy in charge takes nine of the cookies and gives them to his friends. He then tells you, “Look out, that guy in the shadows over there is trying to take your cookie.”
Republican House leaders, along with representatives of three anti-tax groups, held a “wake” Monday morning for the state Interest and Dividends Tax, which ends at midnight on Tuesday.
Today, the House Calendar was published with committee assignments for the 2025-2026 term, and New Hampshire House Democrats announced their new slate of Ranking and Deputy Ranking committee members.
New Hampshire is getting the gift that keeps on giving: $191 million in federal money to put every last residence and business in the state within reach of broadband internet service over the next five years.
Reaction to Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to withdraw the nomination of Mindy Atwood to be state librarian was forceful from both sides with some claiming she advances a “woke” agenda and others saying she simply opposes book censorship, which NEA-NH called a mainstream belief.
After temporarily rejecting proposed solid waste siting rules last month, a legislative committee voted 9-1 Thursday to approve them, despite public objections that they don’t go far enough in protecting the public.
A seven-year renewable contract between the state and Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth Health) to operate the state’s new psychiatric hospital for youths at Hampstead Hospital passed the Executive Council on a vote of 4-1 Wednesday.