CONCORD — State representatives, including a majority of Coos County legislators, voted against House Bill 314, a bill that would have prohibited the use of federal, state or local funds for lobbying activities.

Associations or representatives of a particular interest group, such as the New Hampshire Association of School Principals or the New Hampshire Municipal Association, for example. The latter example, the NHMA, became a topic of discussion during the Jan. 5 city council work session meeting. Councilor Paul Grenier said HB 314, if passed, would block the work of the municipal association which has aided Berlin in the past. The New Hampshire Association of Counties would be adversely affected as well. As would the state association of public works, said City Manager Phillip L. Warren Jr.

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