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Legislation to reduce secrecy around municipal land purchases – such as $1.4 million in deals city officials conducted behind closed doors – has stalled in the state Senate after opposition from the New Hampshire Municipal Association.Advocates for. ....
NH Business Review NH Liberty Alliance-backed reps target city council powers, state-imposed property tax cap April 5, 2021 The New Hampshire House will be taking up a handful of bills this week aimed at asserting the power of the state while shrinking the authority of its municipalities. Much of the legislation has been introduced and supported by Republican lawmakers, many of them endorsed by and associated with the NH Liberty Alliance, a coalition formed in 2003. And for the most part it has met stiff opposition from the New Hampshire Municipal Association and local government officials. City council authority One, House bill 439, which would limit the authority of city councils, was called “one of the most serious attacks on local control this year” by the New Hampshire Municipal Association ....
GOP bills to tighten voter eligibility again target students Modified: 3/8/2021 9:32:33 PM CONCORD New Hampshire Republicans are doubling down on efforts to tighten the state’s voter eligibility laws even though one of the recent changes they backed has yet to be settled in court. The House Election Law Committee held public hearings Monday on six GOP-led bills related to voting, including several aimed at their favorite target: out-of-state college students. In 2018, the state began making students who vote here subject to the same residency requirements as anyone else, including drivers license and vehicle registration rules. Opponents argued that deters students from voting, but the new batch of bills would go even further. ....
CONCORD New Hampshire Republicans are doubling down on efforts to tighten the state s voter eligibility laws even though one of the recent changes they backed has yet to be settled in court. The House Election Law Committee held public hearings Monday on six GOP-led bills related to voting, including several aimed at their favorite target: out-of-state college students. In 2018, the state began making students who vote here subject to the same residency requirements as anyone else, including drivers license and vehicle registration rules. Opponents argued that deters students from voting, but the new batch of bills would go even further. ....