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Protective Orders, Cats’ Claws and Net Metering Drive House Action
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The House voted to initially approve a bill to protect older vulnerable adults from exploitation Wednesday.
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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.
Everyone agrees more money is needed for the state’s highway system, but they also disagree about the fairest method.
“Rather than embracing the successful policies of Republican leadership, Democrats seem content to repeatedly try to undermine New Hampshire’s economic progress by mandating a 100% wage hike for some,” said House Republican Leader Dick Hinch.
Eversource wants to increase its annual revenues in New Hampshire by almost $70 million. That amounts to a rate hike of nearly 20 percent.
The “Red Flag” bill’s prime sponsor Rep. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, said since the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee first held a public hearing on the bill last spring, the state’s suicide and homicide rates have grown.