New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill outlawing discrimination in housing, employment, or public accommodations because of gender identity.
"Discrimination — in any form — is unacceptable and runs contrary to New Hampshire's Live Free or Die spirit," said Sununu, a Republican, according to The Union Leader.
New Hampshire House Bill 1319 adds gender identity to the list of protected classes in New Hampshire, which were previously race, color, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, religious creed, national origin, and sexual orientation.
Negotiators trying to assemble a "grand bargain" to settle sales tax reduction, paid family, and medical leave benefits, and a minimum wage increase appear on the verge of receiving a piece of information that's potentially critical to their talks. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appears to be taking its full allotment of time to render a decision on whether a citizen-backed constitutional amendment imposing a 4 percent surtax on household income above $1 billion is properly certified for the November ballot, or should be discarded without a vote.
