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Maggie Fogarty of the American Friends Service Committee-NH https://www.afsc.org/office/concord-nh and guest co-host Rev. Gail Kinney catch up on a busy week at the State House and interview Rich Gulla of the State Employees Association www.seiu1984.org and Zandra Rice-Hawkins of Granite State Progress granitestateprogress.org.
NH House has 389 bills this week, many on the Consent Calendar; HB1485 security deposit; HB1319 transgender; citizenship on ID card; food stamps; SB525 adult learning; SB313 expanded medicaid; – Tom Morello, The Union Song – ; Rich Gulla 8000 state workers; SEIU 1984; 248 contract-less days; non-binding fact finding in progress; wages, cost of living; DOT boot stipend; Governor 271-2121; Retirees COLA, 2 bills ITL’d on consent calendar; HB 1756; – Steve Earle, Don’t Take Your Guns to Town – ; Zandra Rice-Hawkins, active shooter drills; legislators, lobbyists, students; campus carry; concealed carry “suitability”; public health; decouple mental health; Lebanon, NH, Federal Safe Schools Act; SB 357 amended March 13 hearing; HB1415 death benefit for teachers; March for our Lives, March 14, 24, April 20; Maggie & Gail announcements, April 4 MLK 50th anniv. of assasination during sanitation workers’ strike.