NewsPosted toDecember 20, 2020 byNew Hampshire’s GOP legislative majority got right to work after Organization Day, with the Fiscal Committee quickly approving a the day after the State Board of Education unanimously approved its first accredited program. Democrats had successfully blocked both these programs in the previous session, but the new GOP majority wasted no time getting them passed.Republicans plan to continue that momentum in January with a bill to establish education freedom accounts (EFAs). Similar bills narrowly failed in the ’17-’18 biennium, during which the NHGOP had a...…NewsPosted toDecember 20, 2020 byNew Hampshire’s GOP legislative majority got right to work after Organization Day, with the Fiscal Committee quickly approving a the day after the State Board of Education unanimously approved its first accredited program. Democrats had successfully blocked both these programs in the previous session, but the new GOP majority wasted no time getting them passed.Republicans plan to continue that momentum in January with a bill to establish education freedom accounts (EFAs). Similar bills narrowly failed in the ’17-’18 biennium, during which the NHGOP had a...WW…

NewsPosted toDecember 18, 2020 byRepublicans on Friday chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard (R-Londonderry) to be the next Speaker of the NH House, filling a void left by the passing of Speaker Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) from COVID-19.On January 6, Convening Day, the House will formally vote to elect a new Speaker. Hinch was elected unanimously on December 2, Organization Day, before passing away suddenly only one week later.The caucus elected Packard on the first ballot, with the challengers moving to make it unanimous following a decisive majority voted for the Acting Speaker. Helping Packard...…NewsPosted toDecember 18, 2020 byRepublicans on Friday chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard (R-Londonderry) to be the next Speaker of the NH House, filling a void left by the passing of Speaker Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) from COVID-19.On January 6, Convening Day, the House will formally vote to elect a new Speaker. Hinch was elected unanimously on December 2, Organization Day, before passing away suddenly only one week later.The caucus elected Packard on the first ballot, with the challengers moving to make it unanimous following a decisive majority voted for the Acting Speaker. Helping Packard...WW…