Ben Chan
Committee Approves Federal Pandemic Money To Prepare for COVID-19 Surge This Winter
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Budget writers Friday approved using $8.9 million in federal pandemic recovery money to prepare for a possible COVID-19 surge this winter.
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Budget writers Friday approved using $8.9 million in federal pandemic recovery money to prepare for a possible COVID-19 surge this winter.
The state moved closer to the construction of a new behavioral health hospital in south-central New Hampshire when the legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously Friday to use $15 million in federal funds in a deal with SolutionHealth, a partnership of the Elliot and Southern New Hampshire hospitals.
New Hampshire could be its own sovereign nation under a Constitutional Amendment proposed by state Rep. Mike Sylvia, R-Belmont, and now making its way through the halls of Concord, and if successful, to the ballot box.
The House Education Committee ended on a sour note Tuesday after testimony on gender- and transgender-legislation when the Republican sponsor of a bill that schools would no longer supply free menstrual products to girls accused a Democratic Representative of demeaning his bill.
“On first blush, I can’t approve that,” House Speaker Steve Shurtleff said.