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 [...]
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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 [...]
What the Anti-Choice Right Doesn’t Get about Planned Parenthood
By Granite Gnome on February 4, 2012 in
Tags: choice, new hampshire, planned parenthood, Susan G. Komen, women's health
One of the biggest stories this week was Susan G. Komen’s decision to cut funding for breast cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood, and their subsequent decision three days later to restore funding after the internet blew up with outrage and people across the country donated $3 million to Planned Parenthood in the space of 72 [...]
Just cause his hat says Vietnam Veteran
doesn’t mean he isn’t gay, Mitt. During a stop in Manchester, New Hampshire this morning Mitt Romney suggested to 63-year-old gay veteran Bob Garon that he would support the repeal of the state’s marriage equality law… Garon, who is gay and was seated with his husband, Bob Lemire, then said to Romney: “It’s good [...]
NH is poorer than we like to think
From the Union Leader, a new look at our high-per-capita-income state: New U.S. Census numbers suggest more people are struggling to make ends meet in New Hampshire than the official poverty rate would lead one to believe. It’s expensive to live in NH. While we share with our neighboring states the high cost of heating [...]
The Next Battle for Marriage Equality Will Be Fought in the Snows of New Hampshire.
((crossposted from Daily Kos)) The next battle for marriage equality will not take place in Minnesota and Maine in November of 2012 via ballot initiative, nor even in the Maryland legislature in the Spring of 2012. Rather, it will take place in the New Hampshire Legislature some time this coming winter, quite possibly at the [...]
Message from the Chairman of NHDP
Got one. Hopefully, every other Democrat in the state is on the email list. This missive has everything in one neat package. I particularly like the calendar of up-coming events around the state. HOWEVER, the opening sentence of the communication is a puzzlement. What does Thank you to everyone who was about to attend [...]
Lynch ’12
As a follow-up to the diary yesterday showing strong approval ratings for Gov. Lynch, Daily Kos has an analysis from PPP on potential 2012 matchups. The moral of the story here: Lynch 2012. Enough said. http://www.dailykos.com/story/…
Gov. Lynch Remains Extremely Popular
In contrast to the diary posted yesterday showing Reps. Bass and Guinta “underwater”, Gov. Lynch remains extremely popular in New Hampshire. We should see this as an endorsement of his strong opposition to the far-right lunatics running the state legislature. Gov. Lynch’s popularity will be important as we prepare to fight the battles ahead in [...]
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