Cornerstone Blog
At Cornerstone, our heart is to educate and speak out on critical issues impacting the lives of families in the Granite State. Here’s the latest Cornerstone commentary. We hope you’ll take a few minutes and read what we have to say.
New Hampshire Badly Needs A Pro-Child Tax Credit Mechanism: Here’s Why
This week, New Hampshire’s House Municipal and County Government committee will hear an important piece of pro-family, pro-child legislation. HB 294, the “child tax credit” bill, will be considered in the House Municipal and County Government Committee on Thursday, January 26th at 2:30 pm in the Legislative Office Building,
New Hampshire Badly Needs a Pro-Child Tax Credit Mechanism: Here’s Why
This week, New Hampshire’s House Municipal and County Government committee will hear an important piece of pro-family, pro-child legislation. HB 294, the “child tax credit” bill, will be considered in the House Municipal and County Government Committee on Thursday, January 26th at 2:30 pm in the Legislative Office Building,
Legislative Update 01/23/23: Your action is urgently needed to preserve the rights of women in New Hampshire!
HB 396: Relative to the State Recognition of Biological Sex SUMMARY: HB 396 is a straightforward bill that preserves the state’s ability to differentiate between biological sexes in areas such as athletic competitions, prisons, restrooms, or places of intimate privacy. STATUS: There will be a public hearing on HB 396
Urgent: A House Bill is Targeting Churches. “Sign-In” Now in Opposition.
As you may know, New Hampshire is the most secular state in the country, a fact that can sometimes translate into discrimination against religious people and organizations. While Granite Staters are blessed with many robust religious liberty protections, one area where churches often face a kind of passive aggressive
How We Keep You Informed of Legislative Events – Get to Know the Process
In the past we have received questions about the timeline for our Legislative Updates and why information about upcoming hearings and votes is only released the Saturday before they occur. Here’s the timeline behind our weekly emails: Thursday evening or Friday morning of each week, both the New Hampshire
New Hampshire is catastrophically old—and that will hurt the elderly the most
New Hampshire has sleepwalked into a population crisis. The state’s demographic balance has been poisoned by decades of anti-child and anti-family policies—often explicitly designed to drive young families out of Granite State communities. As a result, New Hampshire has become catastrophically old. In New Hampshire politics, discussing the state’s
When They Blame Pro-Lifers, Ask Them This One Question
As you all know, the midterms were not what many Granite State conservatives had hoped for. In the coming days, you will hear some in the New Hampshire GOP establishment lay these midterm setbacks at the feet of pro-lifers. When you do, ask them this one simple question. Every single
Cornerstone General Election Endorsements
Below are all those candidate who we have endorsed for the general election for the NH State House, Senate, and Executive Council races. The candidates we name below are people who, either through their previous voting record, or through their answers to our survey, have demonstrated themselves to be committed
Exeter HS Student Still Fighting One Year Later for Free Speech
When you think of Cornerstone and the work we do, what likely comes to mind are our efforts to educate the citizens of New Hampshire on our government and key legislation as well as our advocacy for legislation and legislators. But that just touches the surface. Cornerstone is a
Fact Check on the Gubernatorial Debate and Abortion in NH
State Senator Tom Sherman, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate and a physician, recently debated with Governor Chris Sununu on Good Morning New Hampshire. We listened with interest as the very first topic covered was New Hampshire’s new abortion law. In a world where facts are often sacrificed for the sake
Rep. Nutting-Wong’s House of Mirrors
After reading Rep. Allison Nutting-Wong’s (Nashua, Ward 5) recent op-ed that attacked state representative candidate Di Lothrop’s defense of the Republican stand on life, I’m stunned. That’s saying something in these times marked by blatant misrepresentation and untruths regarding our state’s modest protections for the preborn. I thought I
If Babies Were Puppies, We Wouldn’t be Arguing
This post originally appeared as an op-ed in The New Hampshire Union Leader There is growing anger across the country in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, in no small part due to unrelenting attacks on the decision by Democrats who are hoping
