Politics
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#NHPolitics Weekly Ins and Outs — May 19, 2024
Another week of #NHPolitics Ins and Outs, taking you on a tour of the ins and outs of the ever-changing world of New Hampshire Politics, keeping score of the winners and losers week-by-week — and letting you know who’s in and who’s out. Let’s get into it. Who’s In? Historic Progress on Legal Weed —…
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VIDEO: Jon Stone Keeps His Seat, Dem Is Removed Due To ‘X’
Republican State Rep Jon Stone has kept his seat on the powerful NH House Criminal Justice Committee despite a report that he carried on a relationship with a 15 year old girl and threatened police with a mass shooting. We spoke to a Democratic lawmaker removed from her committee over a tweet to see how…
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Price-fixing conspiracy in US oil industry cost families money, reports allege
Analysis of corporate profits and accusations of collusion by the FTC lend support to the idea that a broader oil industry conspiracy drove up post-Covid inflation for everyday Americans.
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Women share horror stories caused by red state abortion bans during NH visit
In powerful testimony this week at a press conference for the New Hampshire 2024 Biden campaign, two women — Amanda Zurawski and Kaitlyn Joshua — shared their harrowing experiences dealing with pregnancy complications that became life-threatening due to abortion bans in their home states. Their stories were meant to highlight the urgent need for reproductive…
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NH marijuana legalization clears Senate with future still uncertain
In a marathon 11 hour session Thursday, the New Hampshire State Senate on Thursday passed HB 1633, a bill legalizing recreational use marijuana in the state, the furthest ever a cannabis legalization bill has ever advanced in the state. On a bipartisan 14–9 vote, the bill heads to the Senate Finance Committee for further changes…
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NH Republicans pass trio of bills targeting LGBTQ Granite Staters in marathon Senate session
In a move that made anti-LGBTQ history in the Northeast, the New Hampshire Senate voted 13-10 along party lines during a marathon session Thursday to advance three bills that significantly target transgender youth and the LGBTQ+ community. If the Republican-backed legislation is signed into law, these measures would mark the first such bans in the…
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VIDEO: Kelly Ayotte Avoids Questions On Ally With Relations With Minor
Leading Republican Candidate for New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte recently spoke at an event on children issues in the state, but ran away when asked questions on Jon Stone, one of her key political allies and endorsers who was recently revealed to have lost his career in law enforcement after carrying on a relationship with…
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NH House election law chair resigns following scheme to trick Democratic lawmakers on vote
Republican State Representative Ross Berry has resigned from the New Hampshire House of Representatives after enacting a convoluted scheme to trick Democratic lawmakers into being absent from a committee meeting so that Republicans could win a vote on reconsidering a bill. It comes one day after he was removed from his position as Chair of…
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VIDEO: Senator Maggie Hassan Has The Top Bipartisan Scores
Newly released ratings on the Bipartisanship Scorecard by the Common Ground Committee ratings have Senator Maggie Hassan as ranked as the most bipartisan Senator in the country, with Senator Jeanne Shaheen close behind. Senator Hassan talks about the state of bipartisanship in the Senate and the importance of reaching across the aisle in governing, Check…
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Former NH first lady warns of the risks Trump poses to your healthcare
Former NH first lady warns of the risks Trump poses to Granite Staters healthcare
