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Executive Councilor John Stephen, R-Manchester, is recovering from a serious cardiac event while out running Sunday, according to colleagues and a social media post on his Facebook page.
December 2, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/12/02/executive-councilor-john-stephen-recovering-from-cardiac-event-while-running/The Executive Council finalized a planned purchase of the entire Granite Place complex off Rumford Street in Concord for state offices. This last tranche of money is to pay for the North Building and 11.6 acres of land while the state already purchased the South Building using federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.
January 7, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/01/07/state-tax-amnesty-program-exceeding-expectations-council-told/Two contracts that could “literally save lives” of New Hampshire firefighters and first responders with early detection of potentially fatal illnesses were approved Wednesday by the state’s Executive Council.
December 17, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/12/17/executive-council-approves-5m-for-firefighter-screenings-budget-cuts-criticized/A design mistake that has halted construction of the state’s new Secure Psychiatric Forensic Hospital in Concord has set the plan back and will likely cost taxpayers about $5 million, the state’s Executive Council was told Wednesday.
December 3, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/12/03/mistake-at-new-forensic-hospital-will-delay-project-and-cost-5m-more-council-told/New Hampshire’s Executive Council received an update on SNAP benefits, the process of hiring a new administrator for the YDC abuse settlement fund, and approved a new, pared down request to help indigent individuals get free legal counsel Wednesday.
November 12, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/11/12/council-updated-on-snap-findingydc-fund-administrator-tables-ambulance-study/The state’s Executive Council approved emergency funding to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP recipients across the state to access healthy food if the federal government shutdown goes beyond this Saturday, Nov. 1.
October 29, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/10/29/emergency-funding-for-snap-help-approved-by-council-fire-ban-lifted/Executive Councilor David Wheeler said Gov. Kelly Ayotte has “no respect” for the Executive Council and its Constitutional job to be a check on the Executive Branch as a battle rages on related to the council’s paper packets and their delivery to councilors’ homes, which has been a 40-year tradition that ended this past week.
October 27, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/10/27/wheeler-ayotte-has-no-respect-for-executive-council-after-home-delivery-by-state-police-ends/A special meeting of the state’s Executive Council is set for Saturday to address several tabled contract items from Wednesday’s meeting, including a $700,000 contract to repair a critical bridge in Charlestown which is down to one-lane delays.
October 16, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/10/16/ayotte-calls-special-saturday-meeting-during-dispute-with-some-executive-councilors/An effort by Executive Councilors John Stephen, R-Manchester and David Wheeler, R-Milford to table the request failed.
October 16, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/10/16/general-sullivan-bridge-coming-down-at-cost-of-28-5m/