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Lawmakers: Edit 'early offer' bill

After hearing a third day of testimony on a bill establishing an "early offer" medical malpractice claim system to cut down on protracted and expensive court battles, members of the House Judiciary Committee are starting to figure out what must be changed to win their approval. Namely, several lawmakers have misgivings about a provision that would raise the legal threshold for winning… 1

April 27, 2012

Panel dismisses evolution bills

Legislators kept their personal opinions about evolution under wraps yesterday, pointing instead to state statutes promising local control to dismiss unanimously two bills on the matter. The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Gary Hopper of Weare, told teachers to present all scientific theories as works-in-progress that students should challenge. The second, introduced by Rep. Jerry… 0

February 17, 2012

Bills assert science only a theory

If Reps. Gary Hopper and Jerry Bergevin doubted they had won national attention this year with a pair of bills designed to change how evolution is taught in New Hampshire classrooms, they had only to look around them yesterday. Their legislation inspired a think tank to fly a representative in from Seattle to testify. The House Education Committee heard testimony yesterday on a… 18

February 10, 2012

Bills aim to roll back teaching evolution

To state Rep. Jerry Bergevin, the horrors of the Columbine school shooting and the atrocities of Nazi Germany are linked by the theory of evolution, and that's all the evidence he needs to see that New Hampshire's children shouldn't be taught that it's correct. Bergevin, a Republican from Manchester serving his first term, introduced one of two bills that will be before the Legislature… 88

December 29, 2011

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