Business & Economy
Lawmakers Disagree on Bills To Fund NH Roads and Bridges
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Everyone agrees more money is needed for the state’s highway system, but they also disagree about the fairest method.
Business & Economy
House Backs Minimum Wage Hike, Limits Plastics, and Tables OHRV Bill
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“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.
Energy
PUC Staff to Eversource: Time for a Haircut
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Eversource wants to increase its annual revenues in New Hampshire by almost $70 million. That amounts to a rate hike of nearly 20 percent.
Business & Economy
NH House Approves Controversial ‘Red Flag’ Bill First Day Back
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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.
Business & Economy
Senate Backs Net Metering, Redistricting Commission and Raising Tobacco Use Age
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The Senate worked through 74 bills on the regular and consent calendar at breakneck speed sending many to interim study or outright killing them as inexpedient to legislate, finishing their work shortly after 1 p.m.
Business & Economy
Sununu Lauds GOP ‘Clean Energy’ Bills that Dems Condemn as ‘Political Stunt’
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They would expand access to net metering, open new opportunities for clean energy development, and allow towns to better control their electric bills, Gov. Sununu said.
Energy
Climate, Winter Sports, NH’s Economy – Now Go Play
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What they found was not surprising: Cold, snowy winters brought more visitors and generated more economic activity than warm, slushier winters.
Uncategorized
Sen. Watters Slams Sununu’s Opposition to Cutting Transportation Emissions
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Sen. Watters also released legislation he has filed regarding the Transportation and Climate Initiative, LSR 2777, an act establishing a commission to evaluate the transportation climate initiative framework for a draft memorandum of understanding and associated modeling and scenarios.
Business & Economy
Update: Regional Clean Transportation Plan Released; Sununu Says NH Won’t Participate
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On Tuesday, a draft transportation climate plan was released by the Transportation Climate Initiative or TCI, which for the past year has had states in the region studying ways to reduce greenhouse emissions through cleaner fuel and modes of transport.