Health & Mental Health
House Increases the Consortium Cap for Wrongful Deaths
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Rep. Ross Berry, R-Manchester, Thursday speaks in opposition to a bill to allow town and city clerks to begin processing absentee ballots before election day.
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Rep. Ross Berry, R-Manchester, Thursday speaks in opposition to a bill to allow town and city clerks to begin processing absentee ballots before election day.
The change would lower the eligibility for the program from the House approved 500 percent to 400 percent, reducing the estimated increase in state costs to about $55 million from $70 million to $80 million annually.
State revenues rebounded in one of the biggest months for collections during the fiscal year — April — returning $38.2 million more than the revenue plan for fiscal year 2024, and $6.1 million more than a year ago.
Today in New England the vast majority of electricity is generated by burning natural gas, while far less harmful than coal or oil, it is a fossil fuel and a global hot commodity, especially liquified natural gas which New England relies on to produce electricity in the winter when most of the natural gas supplies are allocated for home heating.
The House Thursday initially approved changes to the Youth Detention Center settlement fund that officials believe will make the program more attractive to the victims and increase settlements.
On Thursday the House voted 192-174 to restrict marriage to those 18 years old and older, despite two attempts to make exceptions to the limit.
A bill to broaden parental rights over school curriculum and to require teachers to answer parents’ questions had mixed reviews at a public hearing Tuesday.
You could almost believe The 603 was akin to The Old Man of the Mountain, the New Hampshire Presidential Primary or “Live Free or Die,” instead of an area code for making telephone calls.
Dueling proposals for legalizing cannabis for recreational use are shaping up to be a significant skirmish between the House and Senate.