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New Hampshire Politics

Obama Winning Ground Game In Key State

Concord Patch | Marc Fortier | Posted 06.11.2012 | Politics

Romney, who made countless stops here prior to the New Hampshire Primary, now has a lot of ground to make up after spending the last three months camp...

Santorum Official Prepared To Back Romney

Concord Patch | Dan Tuohy | Posted 04.10.2012 | Politics

Tamburello, a state representative from Londonderry, said he has all along committed to supporting the eventual GOP presidential nominee. "I don't ...

Minnesota Lawmaker Called Out For New Hampshire Residency

Windham Patch | Michael Ryan | Posted 06.04.2012 | Politics

Granite State Progress issued a release on April 1 calling out the Minnesota politician for his hurling charges of absenteeism in 2010 toward his Demo...

Governor Concerned Over Medical Marijuana Law

Concord Patch | Tony Schinella | Posted 05.29.2012 | Politics

While he has empathy for those ill patients who need medical marijuana to get through their recoveries, Gov. John Lynch, D-Hopkinton, said today that ...

GOP Lawmakers Surprise Dems With Redistricting Override

Concord Patch | Jake O'Donnell | Posted 05.28.2012 | Politics

It was a chaotic afternoon at the Statehouse in Concord Wednesday as the House voted to override Gov. John Lynch's veto of the House's redistricting p...

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker Drops One Of His Guns During Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.21.2012 | Politics

A Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives who once posted a comment on Facebook about shooting at police officers accidentally...

John Celock

New Hampshire Lawmakers Repeal Contraception Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics

Saying it would reduce health insurance costs, the Tea Party-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday afternoon to re...

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker Seeks To Make Birth Control 'Obsolete And Outdated'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.22.2012 | Politics

A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire has proposed repealing the state's requirement to provide insurance coverage for birth control by attaching the...

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker's Suggestion For Married Couples' Contraception

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.17.2012 | Politics

A New Hampshire lawmaker with a history of surprising statements suggested on Thursday that married couples who want to use contraception should pract...

GOP Lawmaker's Bizarre Birth Control Claim

Merrimack Patch | Carolyn Dube | Posted 02.16.2012 | Politics

"As a man, would it interest you to know that Dr. Bernstein just published an article that links the pill to prostate cancer?" Notter asked Rep. Andre...

The Case for Contraception

Ann McLane Kuster | Posted 04.17.2012 | Politics
Ann McLane Kuster

Contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions. As an adoption attorney, I know firsthand how difficult and how private these choices are for women.

Laura Bassett

Republicans Slam Obama Birth Control Rule, Ignoring State Contraception Mandates

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics

One side effect of the outpouring of Republican outrage over President Barack Obama's new birth control insurance coverage rule is that some GOP lawma...

John Celock

Birth Control Debate Moves To States As Obama Rule Simmers

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

With birth control issues taking center stage at the federal level with the Obama administration's new rules requiring insurers to provide contracepti...

Lila Shapiro

Critics Say New Hampshire's Right-To-Work Legislation Would Not Net Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.13.2012 | Business

The nationwide anti-union push is moving to New Hampshire, where the state legislature is considering right-to-work legislation once again. The pro...

John Celock

New Hampshire Dems Launch Petition To Block Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.27.2012 | Politics

New Hampshire Democrats are hoping a campaign strategy centered on opposition to a controversial health care bill will pay off in 2012 elections acros...

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'It Is Wisconsin And Ohio On Steroids'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.20.2012 | Politics

The war over public employee collective bargaining has moved to New Hampshire, where the Tea Party-controlled legislature has taken up consideration o...

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Tea Party Lawmakers Consider Shocking Women's Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

New Hampshire's 2012 legislative session has not been a good one for women so far. House Republicans passed an amendment on Wednesday that would defun...

Lawmakers: James O'Keefe Makes 'Shocking Exclamation Point'

Salem Patch | Jake O'Donnell | Posted 03.14.2012 | Politics

House Speaker William O'Brien (R-Mont Vernon) called the video "a shocking exclamation point on the need for immediate reform to New Hampshire's elect...

O'Keefe Legal Drama Escalates

Nashua Patch | Carol Robidoux | Posted 03.13.2012 | Politics

In one instance a poll worker in a Manchester ward realized the undercover imposter was not who he said he was because she knew the dead person in que...

GOP Officials 'Puzzled' About Romney: 'It's Not A Healthy Victory'

Bedford Patch | Kyle Stucker | Posted 01.10.2012 | Politics

Jack Kimball, the former head of the state GOP, said he was "not surprised" at the win, although he said that didn't stop the timing of the outcome - ...

Creationism in New Hampshire: Attacking Science and Undermining Religious Freedom

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.06.2012 | Religion
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Two anti-evolution bills have just been introduced and will be taken up by the New Hampshire legislature in February.

New Hampshire Power Players Take Sides In GOP Primary

Amherst Patch | Robert Michaelson | Posted 01.06.2012 | Politics

The New Hampshire Primary is just days away, and the Republican candidates are using every tool at their disposal to make sure their name is checked o...

'Underdogs Can Rise Up And Defeat Those Goliaths From Time To Time'

Portsmouth Patch | Robert Cook | Posted 01.05.2012 | Politics

"If you don't have a market moving event, you're done," Huntsman said. "Then you have to move beyond. You have to move beyond market expectations." ...

John Celock

GOP Lawmakers Pass Shocking Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

The Tea Party dominated New Hampshire Legislature on Wednesday overrode the governor's veto to enact a new law allowing parents to object to any part ...

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Jerry Bergevin, New Hampshire Legislator, Links Evolution With Nazis And Columbine

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.02.2012 | Politics

A Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire who introduced legislation to stop the teaching of evolution in schools has claimed that the theory of ev...