Politics
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Service members to get biggest pay raise in 20 years in bill heading to Biden’s desk
While the pay bump will affect the 1,070 active duty service members in New Hampshire, this year’s National Defense Authorization Act is just the latest example of the increasingly partisan landscape of modern American politics.
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Lawmakers, industry leaders give 2024 outlook on clean energy bills
Leaders from the legislature and clean energy industry on Thursday addressed a crowd of advocates and lawmakers with insights and analysis on the 2024 New Hampshire environmental policy landscape.
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Biden write-in leaders offer specifics for voters
Members of the state legislature representing the Write-In Campaign for Joe Biden in New Hampshire hosted a press conference Thursday to raise awareness that absentee ballots are now available, and offer specific and clear instructions on how the write in effort should proceed at the ballot box. State Representative Angela Brennan (D-Bow), a member of…
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What to expect from the NH State House’s 2024 session
Here are five areas of legislation in the State House far likely to be hot topics in the New Hampshire political scene in 2024:
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Rep. Kuster’s bill to boost broadband in rural NH heads to Biden’s desk
The House of Representatives this week passed the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement (SALE) Act, a bill cosponsored by Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02)
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Biden campaign blames Trump for growing anti-abortion extremism
In Missouri, Republicans have introduced bills to charge women who have abortions with murder, while in Texas, a mom was forced to flee the state to get an abortion in order to protect her own health—situations made possible by Donald Trump and the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
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Nashua company gets $35M in federal funding
The Biden-Harris Administration announced Monday BAE Systems will receive $35 million to modernize its Microelectronics Center in Nashua. Upgrading the facility will quadruple the production of computer chips for military aircraft, including F-15 fighter jets.
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NH House Dems want to let voters decide abortion rights under state constitution
State House Democrats, allies, and supporters held a press conference Monday morning offering a new plan for inserting proactive protections for abortion rights into state law after several rejections by New Hampshire Republicans. New Hampshire currently stands as the only state in New England without affirmative protections on abortion in state law.
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To lower the cost of expensive drugs, Biden targets Big Pharma’s patents
Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed with the help of taxpayer money and letting competitors make them in hopes of driving down the cost.
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Granite Staters get relief as Biden cancels nearly $5 billion more in student debt
More than 6,000 Iowans have had their student debt discharged or have been identified for debt relief due to the Biden administration’s reforms of the student loan debt system.
