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Call it what you will, the possibility of legalizing assisted suicide still brings out the emotions on both sides of the issue as it did Wednesday for House Bill 254, which is called The New Hampshire End of Life Freedom Act.
Former Fire Chief Jaye Vilchock is accusing two Nottingham firefighters of conspiring to create false accusations of racism in order to get him terminated.
Votes and general support for the legislation came from all members of the New Hampshire federal delegation: Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan, Congressman Pappas, and Congresswoman Goodlander.
Reaction in New Hampshire was swift Tuesday to President Trump’s decision to suddenly pause federal grants and loans by 5 p.m. today, although a federal judge has stepped in to temporarily block the order promising a full decision by Monday.
A bill that would exempt 17-year-olds on active military duty or their partners from a new state law banning underage marriage drew emotional testimony from both sides on Tuesday.
A bill that would establish open enrollment in all public schools in the state would be a boom to students and parents, supporters say.
A report by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute indicates potential changes to Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program — could cost the state about half a billion dollars in federal money and likely end the Granite Advantage Program, for the state’s working poor.
Take climate change, for example. Frank Luntz, a Republican operative who specializes in misleading phrases, recommended to George W. Bush that his administration use that phrase instead of the more honest global warming.
The prime sponsor of House Bill 476 filed to withdraw her bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but Rep. Bob Lynn held a four-hour public hearing Monday on it anyway, then later postponed a committee vote on it.