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Cornerstone Releases 2011-2012 Scorecard; Tracks 59 Votes That Put Families and Traditional Values First

August 6, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News, Press Releases

MANCHESTER, N.H.—To help identify which conservative incumbents truly defended traditional values and protected the natural rights of families during the last two years in the Legislature, Cornerstone Action is today releasing its 2011-2012 Legislative Scorecard, which can be downloaded at www.nhcornerstone.org/2012scorecard. “Earlier this month, Cornerstone premiered its Families First Pledge […]

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Cornerstone Note: New leadership brings bold vision to impact elections

July 25, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been so wrapped up with efforts to rally Cornerstone’s activists and prepare for the primary and general elections that I’m just now catching my breath to share important news with you. At the beginning of the month, Executive Director Wendy Warcholik informed

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House & Senate to Meet 6/27 for Veto Overrides: School Choice, Partial-Birth Abortion, Fetal Homicide

June 22, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

Cornerstone is calling for phone calls and emails to state representatives and senators in advance of “Veto Day,” Wednesday, June 27, when the New Hampshire House and Senate will meet to consider overriding numerous vetoes from Gov. Lynch. We urge YES on these overrides: School Choice. HB 1607 and

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The Fiscal Costs of Demographic Winter

June 21, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

As we blogged recently, New Hampshire’s age pyramid is inverting such that the composition of the population under the age of 18 is shrinking while those over the age of 65 is increasing. This shift will also have significant fiscal impacts at the federal, state and local levels. In

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Governor Lynch Vetoes Partial-Birth Ban; Reps to Vote on Override June 27

June 15, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

Late Friday afternoon, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch announced his veto of a bill to ban partial-birth abortion. The House and Senate will consider overrides to this and other vetoes on June 27. Calls and emails to state representatives and senators are in order. The message: override the veto of

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“Go Back to the Drawing Board”: First Amendment vs. HHS Mandate

June 8, 2012 / Commentary

Ellen Kolb, Cornerstone’s Vice President of Government Affairs, delivered these remarks as the opening speaker at today’s religious freedom rally in Concord, calling for repeal of the Health and Human Services mandate that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We’re gathering on the anniversary of

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Rally Tomorrow In Concord – Pass It On!

June 7, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally, Concord NH, Federal Courthouse at the corner of Pleasant & South Streets, tomorrow, Friday 6/8, at noon. Please tell your friends & neighbors and – this is important – your pastors & your elected representatives. The event will last one hour. Signs will

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New Hampshire’s Inverting Age Pyramid

May 24, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new data showing state and county population by major age groups as of July 1, 2011. This new data shows another slice of “Demographic Winter” in New Hampshire by looking at the overall age pyramid of the state. A healthy age pyramid, as the

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NH Falls in Chief Executive Magazine’s “Best States for Business 2012” Thanks to Lack of Right-to-Work

May 8, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

Recently, Chief Executive Magazine released their “Best States for Business 2012” which is based on a survey of 650 business leaders on questions such as tax and regulation, quality of workforce, and living environment. Unfortunately, New Hampshire’s sterling reputation among the nation’s top business leaders is beginning to tarnish.

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Tax Policy and The Family

May 3, 2012 / Commentary, Latest News

Recently we came across this article by Robert Stein, former deputy assistant secretary for macroeconomic analysis at the U.S. Treasury Department, on “Taxes and the Family.” The whole article is worth a read, albeit slow-going at times, because he makes a compelling argument that the federal tax code should be more

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