We need your help! Please attend this hearing to speak to the importance of solar and Class II to the state, the industry and to customers. Bill # SB 129 What the bill does – increases the Class II solar requirements, removes a size limit from the residential solar rebate […]
We took immediate action here. On March 16, the senate voted on SB 83 14-9, Dan Innis voting with the R majority to kill the bill.
Senate Bill # 7 What it does: It changes financial eligibility for Food stamps, making it harder to receive them. It is modeled on a national effort by conservatives to cut back on assistance. Support/Oppose: Oppose Why? Food stamps are a federal program (no state $ needed) and vitally important to the low […]
Governor Sununu will act on HB 103, legislation that requires a two week “opt-out” provision for any material deemed “objectionable” regarding health or human sexuality. This bill has passed the House and Senate.ACTION: Tell Gov Sununu to VETO this bill.BECAUSE: Studies show that parents aren’t tackling the tough topics when they […]
Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, who’s highest priority is privatizing public education, has attempted to use a back door legislative process to gain the authority to politicize the department of education by reorganizing it to place his own supporters in key positions. Here on the Reaching Higher NH site is the […]
SB 128 ( AN ACT relative to the policy goal of electric utility restructuring. ) – This bill is going to the full Senate floor for a vote on Thursday 3/23. This bill is very problematic because it gives utilities broad authority to undertake both large infrastructure projects and distributed clean energy […]
A full-time minimum wage worker in New Hampshire makes only $7.25 per hour—or roughly $14,500 per year—and it is hurting Granite State families. Seven in 10 minimum wage workers in New Hampshire are women. Nearly 60,000 family households in New Hampshire are headed by women, but about 24% of those […]
HB 574 ( AN ACT increasing the limit on contributions to the community development finance authority for which an investment tax credit may be taken ) – The Senate hearing for this important bill is tomorrow in the Ways and Means Committee at 9:00am in State House room 100. Please support this […]
Senate Bill # 7 What it does: It changes financial eligibility for Food stamps, making it harder to receive them. It is modeled on a national effort by conservatives to cut back on assistance. Support/Oppose: Oppose Why? Food stamps are a federal program (no state $ needed) and vitally important to the low […]
Governor Sununu will act on HB 103, legislation that requires a two week “opt-out” provision for any material deemed “objectionable” regarding health or human sexuality. This bill has passed the House and Senate. ACTION: Tell Gov Sununu to VETO this bill. BECAUSE: Studies show that parents aren’t tackling the tough topics […]