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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday December 10, 2023 ( 4 items )  

ACLU-NH and GLAD Warn School Library Book Removals Would Violate Free Speech and N.H. Constitution
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: The ACLU of New Hampshire and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today sent a letter to Frank Edelblut, the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education (DOE), warning that his department's communications with the Dover School District are "alarming and extraordinary," and that the DOE's insinuations that the District should consider whether or not to ban tw  more

Cooperative Development Foundation: Announcing the 2024 Cooperative Hall of Fame Inductees
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Cooperative Development Foundation issued the following news release: Five outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community's most prestigious honor on October 3, 2024, when they are inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, DC. The inductees are Nannie Helen Burroughs, Unsung Hero, Co-Founder, Cooperative Industries of Washington, DC; Tony Bedard, CEO, Frontier Co-op; Dr. Christina Clamp, Educator and Resear  more

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Today, federal and state environmental agencies and officials from New England and New York, including the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced 39 grants totaling $12 million to organizations and local governments to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The grants are matched by $8 million from the gra  more

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: New Hampshire - Task Force Fails To Find Consensus on 2024 Legislative Legalization Plan
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Members of a state-appointed commission tasked with studying the feasibility of regulating adult-use cannabis sales in state-owned stores failed to issue policy recommendations (https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-11-27/nh-marijuana-commission-fails-to-find-consensus-for-a-legalization-policy) in its final report to lawmakers. Lawmakers in August enacted legisl  more