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A controversial plan to build a 170-foot cell tower near the White Mountain National Forest’s Welch-Dickey hiking trail on land owned by the Sununu family will go back to the Planning Board for reconsideration after the Zoning Board met to consider denial at the request of the developer.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 30 new positive test results for COVID-19 on Thursday. Today’s results include 24 people who tested positive by PCR test and 6 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 185 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.
Before going home for the summer, lawmakers decided to change the date of the state primary, make religious services an essential service during a state of emergency and allow loaded guns on recreational vehicles.
After a day of protests at the State House, five activists were arrested when they refused to leave the Executive Council chambers without seeing Gov. Chris Sununu and giving him an in-person message to veto the budget passed earlier in the day.
Democrats said it would increase property taxes, invade a woman’s privacy, and prevent teaching about racism while failing to pay for the social services desperately needed as the state’s residents come out of the pandemic, like homelessness.
CONCORD – State police were called to the State House Thursday after hundreds of pro-choice activists, public education supporters, disability rights groups, and climate change activists entered the building following an outdoor rally and demanded Gov. Chris Sununu veto the budget.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 22 new positive test results for COVID-19 and one death on Wednesday.
While the 400-member House of Representatives will meet at the Bedford Sportsplex Thursday as they have this year due to COVID-19, the 24-member state Senate will convene at 10 a.m. as well but in Representatives Hall to vote on compromise measures.
This week, the NH House and Senate will be voting on the final version of the state’s two-year budget. This will be my sixth budget vote. I’ve seen some good, and some bad.