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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu detailed three new emergency orders including expanded unemployment benefits and relief from being evicted or foreclosed upon due to COVID-19 at a news conference on Tuesday.
Also, elderly people and those who live far from their healthcare provider may be able to call instead of travel for an appointment under a bill passed in the Senate on Thursday.
Jasen Stock said there are 120 direct jobs and about 900 indirect jobs impacted by the loss of the biomass plant operations.
The announcement was made Wednesday, the same day a plea deal was made public in which Columbia will plead guilty to federal charges and pay a $53 million fine.
The House voted to initially approve a bill to protect older vulnerable adults from exploitation Wednesday.
We interrupt the endless argument about net metering in New Hampshire to bring you an important public service announcement. Energy efficiency is in trouble.
“The proponents of this bill claim to have made a compromise, when in fact it still would result in hundreds of millions of dollars in higher electric rates for our citizens,” Gov. Sununu said in his veto message.
Using money the state received from its settlement with Volkswagen, Manchester will swap out about 14 diesel school buses and replace them with cleaner ones that use propane.
Andrew Wilson is a 10th grader at Lin-Wood Public School.