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Jul 15, 2014

New Hampshire Clarifies: D.C. Residents Live In The U.S., Can Buy Alcohol

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission issued a statement saying a D.C. license is valid.

Jul 14, 2014

Sorry, New Hampshire Doesn’t Have To Accept Your D.C. Driver’s License

One D.C. resident learned the hard way that, according to New Hampshire’s liquor laws, they don’t have to accept D.C. driver’s licenses.

Apr 18, 2013

New Hampshire School District Cancels Eighth-Grade Class Trip to D.C. Over Security Concerns

A class of eighth-graders from New Hampshire won’t get to come to D.C. Why? Concerns over security in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Feb 29, 2012

No Big Trip Needed to Get This Endorsement of D.C. Statehood

Prince George’s County has endorsed the notion of making the District of Columbia the 51st state. Unlike attempts to get New Hampshire and Florida to embrace D.C. statehood, this came without a big plane trip.

Feb 08, 2012

New Hampshire House Says No to D.C. Statehood

The New Hampshire House of Representatives today voted down a resolution that would have made the Granite State the first state to officially endorse the prospect of granting full statehood to the District of Columbia.

Jan 27, 2012

Live Free or Don’t: N.H. Representatives Nix D.C. Statehood Bill

Despite a day of testimony from District officials and D.C. voting rights activists, a New Hampshire House of Representatives committee declined Friday to support a resolution endorsing D.C. statehood. The bill can still be heard in the full state legislature, however.

Jan 12, 2012

Statehood Trip to New Hampshire Back On, Snow Not Invited

A trip to New Hampshire to lobby for D.C. statehood that was postponed by snow in the Granite State has been rescheduled for January 27.

Jan 11, 2012

D.C. Statehood Impeded By Snow (Again!)

Once again, Old Man Winter says no to statehood, as a forecasted snowstorm in New Hampshire compels D.C. officials to cancel their trip there, where they were to lobby local officials on behalf of the cause.

Jan 05, 2012

Statehood Tour Is Going to Be Pretty Crowded

At a quick press conference yesterday before the D.C. Council’s first legislative session of 2012, Mayor Vince Gray and most of the D.C. Council touted their upcoming trip to New Hampshire, where they will lobby the state legislature there to endorse District statehood.

Jan 03, 2012

D.C. Statehood Push Ramps Up With National Statehouse Tour

Mayor Vince Gray and members of the D.C. Council are planning on visiting statehouses around the country this year to gin up support for the statehood effort.

 
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