InDepthNH.org (https://indepthnh.org/category/politics/page/4/)
Political news for New Hampshire and beyond.
In a motion filed Friday by their attorney, Andru Volinsky, Mary Lee Sargent and Arnie Alpert have asked Merrimack County Superior Court Judge John Kissinger to reconsider his ruling that they lack standing to sue the State for removing a historical marker about Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
Two former state senators with little in common politically except their disdain for the state’s handling of the case against former Republican state Rep. Troy Merner disagreed on whether he should be allowed confidential criminal mediation that will be closed to the public and press.
Timothy Verrill is the only man whose DNA was profiled by state forensic technicians during the investigation into the 2017 murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini, even though he was not the only man to have a sample of his DNA collected by investigators.
It’s been a “rocky” time at the state’s new Hampstead Hospital Residential Treatment Facility in recent weeks but state officials think things are improving.
The House Thursday approved two bills that supporters say will be a step forward to addressing the state’s housing crisis, but critics called it top down zoning from the state.
Wasting no time after Congresswoman Annie Kuster announced she would not seek a seventh term Wednesday, Colin Van Ostern threw his hat in the ring Thursday as a Democratic candidate for the Second Congressional District.
The House approved House Bill 1145 which would require new landfills to be owned by the state or its political subdivisions but managed by a private contractor and would prohibit any future landfills from being privately owned.
The House Thursday took the first step to ensuring Adam Montgomery faces the family and loved ones of the daughter he is convicted of murdering when he is sentenced for his crime May 9.
Cannabis legalization could potentially occur this session Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday provided the Senate passes a measure that is close to what he has in mind.