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Peaches are plentiful this year. These are at Monahan Farm in East Kingston, NH.
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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.
What they found was not surprising: Cold, snowy winters brought more visitors and generated more economic activity than warm, slushier winters.
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.
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.
More than 100 representatives of the community, conservation and historic projects packed into the Executive Council Chamber at the State House Wednesday for the announcement of the awards through the very popular Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, better known as LCHIP.
Resulting climate and health adaptation plans from the Monadnock region focused on extreme weather, the Upper Valley on heat stress, and the Lakes and Seacoast Networks on Lyme disease.
The Committee to Study Recycling Streams and Solid Waste Management in New Hampshire issued its final report recently with 23 recommendations and 39 findings.
Deadlines loom for 156 retained bills from the last session, which will be among the first orders of business when the legislature returns on Jan. 8, 2020.
House GOP Leader Dick Hinch: “I believe there are better ways to help consumers make informed decisions other than forcing stores to charge consumers ten cents per bag.”