LET THE GAMES BEGIN This past Thursday the State Senate attached SB 100: AN ACT authorizing electronic payment of payroll to HB 357: AN ACT prohibiting an employer from using credit history in employment decisions and authorizing electronic payment of payroll. HB 357 has strong support from labor, working families … Continue reading →
Last week we reported on how the NH House killed two bills (SB 100, SB 153) that were directly targeted at the NH Public Workers. In a sneaky parliamentary trick the Senate added both these bills as amendments. “The Senate voted on 13-11 party line votes to add to these measures bills … Continue reading →
With nearly a year and a half to go until the next major election, the mud is already flying. This week, Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire went on the offensive against Senator Jeanne Shaheen. Their $110,000 ad buy is focused on Senator Shaheen’s vote for the Affordable Care … Continue reading →
Yesterday labor leaders from throughout New Hampshire stood in the Legislative Office Building urging NH Senators to restore the proposed cuts to the NH Budget. Well as you have probably already heard the NH Senate passed their budget with millions in cuts. Yesterday at the press conference NH AFL-CIO … Continue reading →
Voting strictly along party lines, the GOP controlled New Hampshire Senate today voted 13 to 11 to reject the expansion of Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The vote sets up a conflict in a House-Senate Committee of Conference that could start as early as … Continue reading →
New Hampshire is at what is unfortunately shaping up to be an ideological crossroad. Do we as a state expand Medicaid or not. Both the left and the right agree that expanding Medicaid would help tens of thousands of Granite Staters. They quibble over the number of people who are uninsured versus … Continue reading →
STATE BUDGET UPDATE The Senate Finance committee has finished their work and with a vote of 4 to 2 recommended passage of their proposed budget. As with any budget there are good and bad provisions within it. The Senate Finance committee put together a budget with no revenue increase. They … Continue reading →
Millions of Americans are what are commonly referred to as the working poor. These are workers who have jobs, yet do not make enough to get off government assistance programs. Many corporations pay their employees the absolute minimum and refuse to even offer them healthcare leaving states to pick up … Continue reading →
This week the decision wether or not to take part in the Medicaid expansion is absolutely dominating the news media. There have been many storys both pro and con about the expansion. In this post I will highlight some of the stories about the Medicaid Expansion. I also want to … Continue reading →
