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State Senate OKs medical marijuana bill

The New Hampshire Senate passed a medical marijuana bill 18-6 Thursday after changing a few key elements that were in the original House bill.The bill now goes to the House where lawmakers will either agree to the changes or ask the Senate to negotiate a compromise.Read the full article from NHPR and get more information from the…See More
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A group of gambling super committee lawmakers has crafted proposed changes to Senate Bill 152 to allow casino gambling in the hopes of winning enough votes in the House to pass the bill when votes are counted next Wednesday.House members will have to overturn the Joint Finance and Ways and Means Committee recommendation to kill the bill, before the 45-page amendment can come before the House for a vote.The committee — by a razor-thin 23-22 margin — voted to kill the bill on Wednesday after…See More
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A special House panel said Thursday it would want a bigger profit for New Hampshire if a casino is approved.The joint House Finance and Ways and Means committees met to discuss research done by three subcommittees into whether New Hampshire should legalize a casino.The subcommittees made presentations on revenues, regulations and the impact on the state and community if a casino is approved. Read the full…See More
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The New Hampshire Legislature approaches the stretch drive of the 2013 session with lawmakers knee deep tackling the top three policy debates – the two-year state budget, legalizing a casino and a massive increase in the state’s gasoline tax.Read the full recap from the Nashua Telegraph.See More
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State Senate OKs medical marijuana bill

The New Hampshire Senate passed a medical marijuana bill 18-6 Thursday after changing a few key elements that were in the original House bill.

The bill now goes to the House where lawmakers will either agree to the changes or ask the Senate to negotiate a compromise.

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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 10:05pm

House votes to kill casino bill

The Democratically-led House of Representatives stuck to tradition, killing the Senate-passed bill to legalize casino gambling.

The 199-164 vote snuffed out a much longer debate Wednesday on at least 15 amendments that sought to either perfect or undo the measure that would allow one site to have up to 5,000 slot machines and 150 table games.

 

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Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:37pm

Casino gambling favored, but NH is hardly 'all in' (126 responses; 5/21/13)

By John F.J. Sullivan

On May 15, a New Hampshire House joint Fiscal and Ways & Means Committee voted 23-22 against Senate Bill 152, which seeks to clear the way for a single casino in the Granite State’s southern tier. An assessment of the Live Free or Die Alliance’s 13,500 Facebook followers who responded to a related question showed strong support for casino gambling in New Hampshire, though a significant level of opposition was also evident.



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Posted on May 22, 2013 at 1:28pm

NH casino would mean building addiction services from the ground up

About half of all states, including Massachusetts, certify specialists in problem gambling. New Hampshire doesn’t. And gambling addict Ed Talbot says substance abuse counselors aren't effective substitutes. The best bet for help in New Hampshire is to find one of the five Gamblers Anonymous meetings. They’re all in the southern part of the state.

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At 6:42pm on May 10, 2010, Dennis Hazeltine said…
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Thanks for the reminder, Chris. I'll be sure to be there online. Should prove to be very interesting..



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