The 168th session of the New Hampshire state legislature kicked off on Wednesday as legislators gathered for Organization Day proceedings. READ MORE
Discussion on the what’s being done for the city’s homeless population came a point of contention at Tuesday night’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) meeting. READ MORE
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, drawing the praise of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation. READ MORE
On Friday afternoon, the committee passed a waiver dictating the terms of New Hampshire’s second-place position. Under those terms, Granite State lawmakers would need to repeal the state’s 1975 law requiring that the primary be scheduled before any other state. Lawmakers would also have to pass a second law to make early voting easier. READ MORE
Retired Brigadier General Don Bolduc today announced he will run for the Vice-Chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party in January when they convene their leadership elections. READ MORE
While the full upshot of Biden’s proposal – which will still need to be approved by the full DNC, remains a bit murky, it’s already crystal clear, though, how defenders of New Hampshire’s status plan to keep the state first, regardless. READ MORE
Although he is no longer a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 21-year-old Tony Labranche is looking to become its next leader. READ MORE
On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee released a letter from President Biden, sharing Biden’s thoughts that the first Democratic Presidential Primary in 2024 should be in a state with black, brown, Asian American and Pacific Islander voters.
Although New Hampshire was not mentioned in the letter, it has been interpreted as an attack on the Granite State’s First in the Nation Primary status given Biden’s oversized role in the Democratic Primary process in his role as defacto party leader, the fact that New Hampshire is just over 88 percent white according to the 2020 census, and Biden placed fifth in the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary.
New Hampshire Democrats were quick to respond to the news. READ MORE
He served the city he loved for a decade as mayor, and then another decade as an Executive Councilor, but Ray Wiczorek’s spirit of dedication, pride and good humor extends well beyond his political service. His death Wednesday at the age of 93 wasn’t a shock to anyone aware of his declining health, but it marks a somber end of an era for the city which has lost one of its most influential and beloved leaders. READ MORE
Following a recount, Democrat Maxine Mosley has now defeated Republican Larry Gagne in the Hillsborough 16 House District, consisting of Manchester’s Ward 6, by a final total of 1799 to 1798. READ MORE
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