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“Part of it is I was a reporter for 30 years, and I have this job to do. And how are you going to do the job? How do you make that interview subject sit with you for two hours? It doesn’t happen if you’re a jerk.”
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved using more than $28 million in CARES Act money to backfill programs funded by the state or the federal American Rescue Plan Friday.
The state Department of Environmental Services is moving forward with plans to realign its waste management efforts to focus on reducing the amount of trash that ends up in landfills.
On September 15, the Executive Council voted 4-1 to defund Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) and abortion providers through December 31, 2021, a six-month contract period. The vote on December 22 is a contract period for the next 18 months, from January 1, 2022 until June 31, 2023.
Students from almost every school district in the state are participating in the new “Education Freedom Account” program with some school districts more impacted than others.
CONCORD — After considerable discussion, the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee Friday approved a federal infusion of $73 million to hire and retain workers in the Home and Community Based Services program.
BERLIN — A public hearing on the proposed expansion of the Mount Carberry landfill in the town of Success brought only one comment, and that was largely in praise of the operation.
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) has entered into a partnership agreement with Conexon, a national fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) rural broadband solutions provider that works exclusively with electric cooperatives, to deliver high-speed internet to NHEC members in 118 communities who now lack it.
The Business and Industry Association has asked their staff to evaluate what the issue might mean to their membership statewide. Rick Fabrizio is communications director and director of public policy for the BIA.