When Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley introduced the latest version of the “divisive concepts” bill last week, he made sure to stress what it didn’t include.The newest version of the controversial anti-critical-race-theory bill does not stop.
Senate Finance Committee Signs Off On New Hampshire Budget Bills - Across New Hampshire, NH - A floor fight in the NH state Senate is expected on June 3, as a committee approves lower taxes, school vouchers, and other issues.
A fix for New Hampshire’s bail reform law has stalled in a House committee. Lawmakers have clashed over whether the state should make it easier to detain violent offenders after arrest.
House Ways and Means Committee wants to review business grant forgiveness
By Garry Rayno - InDepthNH | Apr 29, 2021
State Sen. Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, is pictured speaking Dec. 2 at Organization Day outside at UNH. (Photo by PAULA TRACY)
CONCORD The House Ways and Means Committee wants to investigate what exempting federal grants from business tax liability will mean to the state’s revenues.
The committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 3, which would exempt the Paycheck Protection Program loans to New Hampshire businesses that are forgiven under the federal aid program.
According to Department of Revenue Administration estimates, the bill could reduce state business tax revenue by $91.7 million and maybe a little more if additional loans are approved prior to the program’s end May 31.
New Hampshire lawmakers seek to blunt presidential orders on firearms by Christian Wade, The Center Square contributor | April 06, 2021 10:00 AM Print this article
New Hampshire Republican lawmakers are advancing a plan to blunt the impact of any executive orders by President Joe Biden tightening firearm regulations following a recent spate of mass shootings.
Senate Bill 154, Which was approved by the state Senate last Thursday, would prohibit the state from enforcing any presidential executive order restricting, limiting, encumbering, regulating, or placing conditions upon the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
The measure passed 14-10 in a vote that went along party lines, with Democrats against it.