Thursday - March 28, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday February 02, 2020 ( 3 items )  

American Atheists: New Hampshire Must Keep Religious Indoctrination Out of Public Schools
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 30 -- American Atheists issued the following news: American Atheists submitted testimony to support repealing an unconstitutional statue that authorizes recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools. American Atheists supports HB 1306, which provides a clean repeal of the unconstitutional statute, and opposes HB 1334, which repeals the unconstitutional statue but also adds in new unconstitutional language. More specifically, HB 1334 says that school employees   more

American Sustainable Business Council Member W.S. Badger CEO to Testify for FAMILY Act
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The American Sustainable Business Council issued the following news release: Rebecca Hamilton, co-CEO of Gilsum, N.H.-based W.S. Badger Company, a member of the American Sustainable Business Council, will testify Tuesday in support of the FAMILY Act (H.R. 1185) before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Family owned and run, W.S. Badger was founded in 1995 in rural southwestern New Hampshire and employs 100 people in the manufacture and sale of organic balms and per  more

Marijuana Policy Project: New Hampshire Lawmakers Advance Cannabis Legalization Bill
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 29 -- The Marijuana Policy Project issued the following news release: * * * - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on HB 1648 in early February * * * The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee approved a bill Tuesday (13-7) that would legalize possession and limited cultivation of cannabis for adults 21 and older in New Hampshire. A full House vote on HB 1648 is expected to take place on Thursday, February 6. HB 1648 would allow adults 2  more