New Hampshire state legislators held public hearings on a number of bills on Tuesday, many of which infringe on liberties and/or increase taxes. From the parts of the hearings I sat in on, the majority of speakers and spectators opposed the anti-freedom bills. “Please don’t take our freedom”, pleaded Representative Read more
During the embarrassingly long delay (which is still ongoing at the time of this writing) in the Iowa Democratic Party counting the caucus results for the first contest of the 2020 Primary race, candidates addressed their supporters to keep their spirits up as it approached 11PM. Keith Murphy, a business Read more
Four Democratic New Hampshire Representatives have proposed a bill that would require those riding motorcycles and electric bicycles to wear helmets. The bill would cause violators to be punished with a $50 fine for their first offense. Of course, this punishment could easily be increased at a later date. House Read more
In 2018, the Republican-controlled government of New Hampshire passed a law requiring able-bodied recipients of Medicaid to work or volunteer 25 hours per week. A judge blocked the new law from taking effect, and the requirement has been in legal limbo since, never actually taking effect. Earlier this month, the Read more
The Democrat-controlled New Hampshire House passed HB731 on Wednesday. The bill incrementally increases the minimum allowable wage to $15 per hour over the next five years. New Hampshire currently has no minimum wage, so it defaults to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Democrats in the House and Read more
A bill proposed by One Democratic Representative and one Democratic Senator in the New Hampshire House would begin to regulate ‘art therapy’ much like other types of psychiatric care. House Bill 546 grants the state ‘office of professional licensure and certification’ the authority to regulate the practice of art therapy, Read more
A slew of anti-freedom bills have been filed by New Hampshire lawmakers, and as you might have imagined, most of the sponsors are Democrats. If these seven bills pass into law, politicians will control how private businesses operate in more ways than they currently do. 1) A bill proposed by Read more
A bill proposed by four Democrats and two Republicans would give the government (read: politicians and bureaucrats) another degree of control over restaurants. In addition to requiring business licenses for every business and the many other burdensome, unnecessary, and authoritarian regulations, politicians are hellbent on taking control of restaurants by Read more
UPDATE: This bill has failed to pass into law. A bill proposed by four Democrats for the 2020 session would place massive new regulations on music therapists. Currently, the New Hampshire government does not regulate music therapists. The Certification Board For Music Therapists is a private organization that has been Read more
This super-abridged list of inspection violations comprises only a few of the primary offenses which could be used as sole justification for a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle and give the driver a ticket. Considering that many of the below rules mention other state laws, one must be Read more