Byline: Ed Taylor

This year’s election — already consequential — has thus taken on new meaning for me. A solid Conservative majority on the Supreme Court would mean the slow and steady rollback of the rights that I thought were inherent — rights that protect me from being fired, allow me to get married, and give me the ability to affirm my gender the way I see fit. Those rights are on the ballot in November. And our deepest fears are, too. Our lives are on the ballot.

For the second time in as many years, the New Hampshire State House has passed a bill that would legalize marijuana in the Granite State. A similar bill died last year in the Senate, but New Hampshire lawmakers owe it to the people of our state to make the latest bill into law.