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Pharmaceutical Take-Back
Unused pharmaceuticals increasingly fuel addiction and environmental concerns, but two new bills could help keep New Hampshire’s excess medications off the streets and out of the water supply — while...
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Constitutional Debate Over Federal Health Care Action
A Constitutional showdown could be on the docket if New Hampshire lawmakers pass a bill set for a full House vote. The session has been cancelled tomorrow due to snow, so the House will likely take up...
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Senate Bill Puts JUA Fight to Bed
Enough is enough. That appears to be the message of a Senate proposal, which, if enacted, finally could settle a score between New Hampshire and a medical malpractice insurance fund. The two-year-old...
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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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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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Fighting the Feds on Health Care Reform
Should New Hampshire fight last year’s federal health care reform? Most state senators and representatives think so. The N.H. House and Senate have both passed bills to get state Attorney General...
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Closing the JUA Cookie Jar
A new proposal has emerged to settle much (but far from all) of the legal and political controversy over New Hampshire’s unique medical malpractice insurance fund. Primarily, it would settle the matter...
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House to vote on fighting federal health care reform
Ready for an old-fashioned Constitutional showdown? We’re tracking an effort by New Hampshire lawmakers to get the Attorney General to join other states in challenging the constitutionality of last...
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Return to Sender
The N.H. House reached a veto-proof majority when it voted 261-104 to approve its own version of a Senate proposal to fight federal health care reform. But will the Senate concur? Sen. Tom De Blois...
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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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