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New Hampshire voters claiming the Executive Council and State Senate districts were unconstitutionally and unlawfully gerrymandered will have their day before the Supreme Court May 11.
Crossover is finished and the House passed a $16 billion budget with a three-to-one majority and now it is up to the Senate to put its stamp on the state’s operations for the next two years.
With little debate, the House Thursday approved a $137.4 million capital budget plan that utilized $105.7 million in federal funds.
A negotiated agreement between the Republican and Democratic leadership led to the House approving its budget package Thursday on a voice vote after three hours of debate.
The long run of better than anticipated business taxes that has fueled the state’s budget surpluses over the past few years continues, but at a slower pace.
Advocates, health care providers, business organizations, cancer survivors, recovering addicts and patients of mental health services testified in support of a bill to reauthorize the state’s Medicaid expansion program permanently.
This week the House will take what is usually its most important vote before crossover, House Bill 1 and House Bill 2, or the state’s two-year operating budget for the next biennium beginning July 1.
The House Finance Committee put off a final vote on its work for the next biennial budget for several hours Wednesday, and then voted nearly down party lines to approve the two-bill package.
The proposed House budget does not adequately fund group homes for delinquent children that are essential to closing the Sununu Youth Services Center, members of the House Finance Committee was told Tuesday.