Training 21st Century Workforce Critical for Granite State’s Economy Highlights new legislation that would strengthen workforce development, job training After introducing the Workforce Development Investment Act to strengthen job training for students in the Granite State, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) this week spoke on the House floor to underscore … Continue reading →
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Rep Annie Kuster Introduces Bill To Strengthen Workforce Development And Job Training
By New Hampshire Labor News on April 26, 2013 in
Tags: Community College, Congress, education, jobs, Labor, legislation, training
Wrong, Mr. Buckley
An apology from Stella Tremblay won’t fix anything. I appreciate the thought: Chilling, vile, and disgusting. That is the only way to describe Republican State Representative Stella Tremblay’s claim that the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon last week were “attacks by our own Government.” When contacted Tuesday afternoon, she refused to apologize and instead [...]
Congress Introduces A New ‘Make It In America’ Initiative To Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing
By Matt Murray on April 13, 2013 in
Tags: Congresswoman Annie Kuster, Congresswoman Carol Shea Porter, Labor, legislation, Made In America
Image courtesy of Rep Annie Kuster Yesterday it was announced that a group of Congressional Representatives joined together to reinvent the Make It In America initiative to strengthen U.S. Manufacturing and create new middle class jobs. The initiative includes a series of proposals focused on training a 21st century workforce, encouraging innovation and insourcing, and reviving U.S. manufacturing. I [...]
The Fight Over A New NH Minimum Wage Is About To Begin
By Matt Murray on January 10, 2013 in
Tags: legislation, minimum wage, New Hampshire Labor News, wages, workers
From The NH LABOR NEWS The NH House session has officially begun. This is where the fun begins. One of the bills that I caught wind of at the end of last year is a proposed Minimum Wage change for New Hampshire. HB 127 I. Adds a state minimum hourly wage. II. Requires the commissioner [...]
Did your NH State Rep vote to fire Big Bird?
By Zandra Rice Hawkins on October 5, 2012 in
Tags: accountability, Big Bird, granite state progress, legislation, Mitt Romney, new hampshire, nh public television, Roll Call, speaker o'brien, State House
More than a year before GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney publicly vowed to fire Big Bird and his friendly Sesame Street crew, the New Hampshire House voted to abolish state funding for public television in New Hampshire. On February 15, 2011 the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to pass HB 113, prohibiting the use [...]
GSP State House Report Card: Your Guide to 200+ Roll Call Votes
By Zandra Rice Hawkins on September 28, 2012 in
Tags: accountability, granite state progress, legislation, new hampshire, Roll Call, speaker o'brien, State House
Well, friends, it’s the “year of the state” and at Granite State Progress we think it’s about time – our down-ballot races deserve as much attention as those at the top-of-the-ticket, especially judging by the fiasco in Concord the past two years. Let us introduce our latest contribution to the good fight: the Granite State [...]
Bird Pardon Petition — A Change in Gun Laws Coming?
From NHPR http://nhpr.org/bird-pardon-pe… House Speaker O’Brien wants Governor and Council to fast-track the pardon for man convicted of criminally threatening a woman who got lost and ended up on his property – property clearly marked no trespassing. Freeing Mr. Bird is only the first step. “That’s the least of it. We want him released. But [...]
91 LSR’s have been introduced in the NH House
Sitting members of the NH House can introduce Legislative Service Requests or LSR’s during the last half of September:. An LSR is a request to have a bill drafted. I see one of my old bills, the Sunday Closing bill (2011-H-0021-R) is coming back. I absolutely will support it and hopefully cosponsor it— if I [...]
On Taming The Financial Beast, Or, Sausage Gets Made, You Get To Watch
By fake consultant on June 22, 2010 in
Tags: Barney Frank, Congress, Economics, Financial Regulation, House, legislation, Sausage Making, Senate
While we’ve all been busy watching the “oil spill live cam”, a similar uncontrolled discharge has been taking place in Washington, DC In this case, however, it’s lobbyists that are spilling all over the landscape as the House and Senate attempt to merge their two visions of financial reform. They’re trying desperately to influence the [...]
On Learning To Love Homegrown, Or, Baucus’ Fundraising Considered
By fake consultant on October 9, 2009 in
Tags: Campaign Funding, Congress, Corporatism, Corruption, Health Care, legislation, Lobbying, Max Baucus, Obama, politics, reform, senate finance committee
So we are now finding out the answers to some of our questions about which members of Congress actually represent We, the People…and which ones represent, Them, the Corporate Masters. We have seen a Democratic Senator propose a policy that would put people in jail for not buying health insurance and a Democratic President who [...]
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