Tag: state budget

Passage of the Budget Brings Long-Overdue Protections for the Preborn

June 24, 2021 / Latest News

Today, lawmakers came together to support HB 2, the state budget, by a vote of 192-181. Sections 37-40 of the budget enact the Fetal Life Protection Act, New Hampshire’s first ban on late-term abortion. At a time when other states are legalizing abortion up to birth, the Granite State has boldly gone in the opposite direction and rejected its longstanding and inhuman policy of pro-abortion absolutism.

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House Finance Committee to Vote on Abortion Provider Funding

March 23, 2021 / Commentary

Take Action for Life Today! Division 3 of the House Finance Committee, which handles the Health and Human Services aspects of the proposed state budget, voted yesterday to pass an amendment on HB 2-FN-AL, relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures, which would prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services

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The Truth on the NH Budget and Planned Parenthood Spending

November 15, 2019 / Op-Ed

The following Cornerstone Op-Ed was printed in Granite Grok November 8th, 2019 and the Union Leader November 13th, 2019 and the Concord Monitor November 18, 2019. We’ve heard a good deal of applause in the wake of the passing of the state budget and taxpayer replacement of “lost” Title X

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State Budget Should Have No Room for Abortion

June 7, 2017 / Op-Ed

Whenever the New Hampshire Executive Council awards a contract to an abortion provider, someone in the room is bound to remark that the funds are for non-abortion work or that taxpayers aren’t funding abortions. That doesn’t tell the whole story. New Hampshire state funds might not go directly for

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Lead Remediation Bill Misses the Mark (SB 247, 2017)

May 9, 2017 / Written Testimony

Addressed to House Finance Committee by Shannon McGinley, Cornerstone Executive Director: On behalf of Cornerstone’s supporters, we urge you to reject SB 247. The scourge of lead poisoning is not addressed properly in this bill, which interferes with parental rights and subjects children to unnecessary and physically invasive testing.

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Another Casino Bill: Still a Bad Idea (SB 242, 2017)

April 13, 2017 / Op-Ed, Written Testimony

For years, Cornerstone has consistently opposed the expansion of legalized gambling in New Hampshire for both moral and pragmatic reasons. We believe the net societal effect of government’s embrace of gambling has been disastrous. We have expressed these concerns to this committee in past legislative sessions, but they bear

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Legislators, Say No to Doubling the Family Planning Budget

April 4, 2017 / Op-Ed

A state budget increase that seems designed to divert taxpayer money to the region’s abortion providers is a bad idea, particularly in view of critical public health issues in New Hampshire. A significant amount of family planning money comes to New Hampshire from the federal government via the Title

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Fiscal Irresponsibility Returns to Concord

April 2, 2013 / Press Releases

Statement from Ashley Pratte, Executive Director of Cornerstone Policy Research: When our legislators in Concord act irresponsibly, you and I pay for it. And soon we’ll be paying more in taxes and fees while exposing the State to extraordinarily risky financial situations over the next decade. The budget proposed by

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Statement on Gov. Hassan’s 2013 budget proposal

February 14, 2013 / Latest News

Cornerstone calls on Governor Hassan to preserve rights of low-income families CONCORD- Cornerstone Policy Research today responded to Governor Maggie Hassan’s proposed budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, claiming that it places priorities in the wrong place. “I agree with Governor Hassan that education should be a priority in

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Casinos: Wrong for New Hampshire

February 6, 2012 / Written Testimony

Testimony provided to House Ways and Means by J. Scott Moody, Vice President of Policy for Cornerstone Policy Research. Cornerstone opposes the expansion of legalized gambling in New Hampshire for both moral and pragmatic reasons. We believe the net societal effect of government’s embrace of gambling has been disastrous.

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