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Coverage of the healthcare and mental healthcare industries.
President Joe Biden made his first trip to New Hampshire in almost two years, speaking on a converted tennis court to about 150 people at the Goffstown YMCA, focusing his remarks on lowering healthcare costs for families.
Rep. David Luneau, D-Hopkinton, speaks in favor of House Bill 1128, which would require the administrator of the Education Tax Credit Scholarship program to open a nonprofit affiliate in the state. The bill was killed Thursday by the House.
In a recent wave of legislation that impacts transgender people in New Hampshire, another bill was heard before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. This bill, HB 1664, would establish standards to recover damages for “injury caused by gender transition surgery, administration of puberty blocking drugs, and/or the administration of cross-sex hormones.”
Once again, the House gave initial approval to a bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana that many hope will cross the “t”s and dot the “i”s to eventually make it into law.
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee acted on requests to spend about $32 million of the funds that were reallocated from earlier projects where the money was not needed.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with local and state partners, are investigating an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella infections potentially linked to RTE Coppa products. To date, there has been one illness associated with the Salmonella outbreak in New Hampshire.
“All Granite Staters deserve access to clean drinking water without having to worry about contamination from toxic PFAS chemicals,” said Senator Shaheen.
A Constitutional Amendment to protect abortion will not go forward to the voters this November as the Senate voted CACR 24 down along party lines Thursday, 14-9.
In his last State of the State Address, Gov. Chris Sununu said the state is in good shape, and though the envy of others, lawmakers should not take this for granted.