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GOP leaders led the hearing on an amendment to CACR 12 that would permanently ban an income tax in New Hampshire if voters approve a change to the state Constitution with a steady chorus of: “No income tax, not now, not ever.”
State Rep. Ellen Read, D-Newmarket, said she is considering her legal options after House Speaker Sherman Packard banned her on non-session days from the House chamber, ante-room and gallery at the State House because of her “shouting” and using profanity Tuesday outside a Senate committee hearing on her bill to provide sexual assault victims their rights.
Another complaint against Rep. Michael Vose as chairman of the Science, Energy and Technology Committee – this one dating back three years – appears similar to the aggressive behavior Rep. Wendy Thomas and a Windham man recently complained publicly about.
Property tax rates vary from about $2.62 to $36.54 per $1,000 of property value resulting in substantial differences in tax bills for similar homes across the state.
A woman who was killed in an officer-involved shooting Monday was armed with a knife near an injured woman when she was shot by police responding to a 911 call, according to news release from Attorney General John Formella.
The investigation into the officer-involved use of deadly force on Mr. Masse is ongoing, and the identity of the officers who used deadly force will be disclosed once formal interviews of all involved in the incident are completed in the coming weeks.
Police responded to a domestic disturbance early Monday morning in Northfield that resulted in a woman being shot to death by one of the responding officers, according to a press release from Attorney General John Formella.
A shootout late Saturday night ended when suspect Matthew J. Masse, 38, was found dead after exchanging gunfire with police who were trying to take him into custody after he shot a Nottingham police officer earlier in the day, according to a news release from Attorney General John Formella.