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Two of New Hampshire’s most hotly debated political issues of recent years — parental notification and gay marriage — are on the docket for committee votes later today.
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to make recommendations for a bill that would require parental notification for minors seeking abortions, plus two measures to repeal the state’s equal marriage law that went into effect in 2010. Republican leadership positions on these controversial social issues is mixed.
March 1st, 2011 | Posted in abortion,abortion debate,civil rights,Family,family,gay marriage,Health,Justice,marriage,Religion,Weekly Briefing,Work | Read More »
How much will social issues matter at the State House this year? New Hampshire’s budget is clearly at the top of the agenda, if this fall’s campaign promises bear fruit. But the bills filed so far indicate that social matters are on the table, too.
Will the gay marriage law of 2009 be repealed? Will medical marijuana get a closer look? Will parental notification for teenage abortions be restored?
These are a few policy questions that lawmakers will consider when the 2011 legislative session opens Jan. 5. In our latest installment of previewing proposed bills, we look at three hot-button bills that will likely garner headlines — including here at Front Door Politics — in the next few months.
December 30th, 2010 | Posted in abortion,children,Family,gay marriage,Health,Justice,marriage,medical marijuana,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
It was a landmark year for New Hampshire government in 2009—not only for the size of its budget deficit ($250 million) and the number of state layoffs it induced (200), but also for legislative action on some controversial social issues, like gay marriage, the death penalty and medical marijuana.
But these scores are far from settled, as evidenced in the new round of bills up for debate in Concord’s 2010 legislative session, which officially kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 6
January 4th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,civil rights,death penalty,gambling,gay marriage,Government,Justice,marijuana,retirement,state budget,voters' veto | Read More »
… By late afternoon, Gov. John Lynch signed three bills into law that redefine marriage and re-affirm religious freedom regarding marriage. “It’s not new,” says Rep. Jim Splaine (D-Portsmouth), who sponsored House Bill 436, which he refers to as the marriage equality law. “Religions indeed do have the right in America to be able to discriminate in almost any way they want.”
June 10th, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,civil rights,gay marriage | Read More »
Next week marks the midway point in the 2009 legislative session, and only bills that are still afloat by Friday will have a chance at becoming law. And there have been some surprises …
April 5th, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,civil rights,Commerce,death penalty,gambling,gay marriage,Government,Health,Justice,marijuana,medical marijuana,state budget | Read More »
The 2008 global economic flop is straining government coffers just as much as it’s pulling at citizens’ purse strings. Following is a preview of New Hampshire legislation that will either affect or be affected by projected budget shortfalls, as well as additional legislative items of note on the docket for the 2009 legislative session.
December 26th, 2008 | Posted in abortion,agencies & departments,By the Issues,civil rights,Commerce,courts,Education,funding,gambling,gay marriage,Government,Health,Justice,mental health,military & veterans affairs,Money,prisons & jails,state budget,state employees,taxes,tolls & taxes,Transportation | Read More »
