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Bipartisan Deal to Save PACE
New changes to last year’s PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) law are being worked out to save the program from repeal. Sponsored by Rep. Beatriz Pastor (D-Lyme), PACE became law last year, but...
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Progress Report (Part 1)
Nearly two months into the 2011 legislative session, the new roster of lawmakers in Concord have already considered and voted on a slate of bills from A to Z. The action is fast and, at times, furious....
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Progress Report (Part 2)
Our midstream progress report on the N.H. Legislature continues today, checking up on the status of some featured legislation we’ve covered so far this session. For more background on each bill, click...
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Next Stops for Northern Pass
Opponents to the proposed Northern Pass transmission line are expected out in full force tomorrow for public hearings on two bills that could change — or derail — that project. The House Science,...
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250 Bills in Three Days
In three days next week, N.H. House members will decide the fate of more than 250 bills and amendments. To prepare for the flurry of activity, today we begin a series of dispatches looking at some of...
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Under the Radar Senate Votes
Today and tomorrow, the Daily Dispatch will highlight bills that have gone under the radar during the first part of New Hampshire’s 2011 legislative session. In particular, we’ll focus on the state...
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Senate Votes: Part 2
We continue highlighting some of the 34 bills and amendments scheduled for a session of the full Senate today. The captain of this rowboat will no longer have to check his speed if Senate Bill 27 is...
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Bipartisan Drug Take-back Program
In many ways, House Bill 71 is a case study in successful bipartisan legislative work. Ring a bell? The often adversarial nature of politics — this session in the New Hampshire Legislature being no...
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They Said It
They Said It this week features an attempted repeal of RGGI and a possible temporary cut in New Hampshire’s gas tax. What quotables have you read or heard that you think reveal the verbal tenor of the...
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They Said It!
There was plenty to say this week about RGGI, federal health care reform, private prisons, and payday loans. Nanny rates On Wednesday, the House defeated a bill to re-allow a variation of so-called...
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