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Chuck Miles, an abuse survivor and board member of Justice for YDC Victims said: “The Child Advocate’s report confirms New Hampshire continues to fail to protect its most vulnerable children. I was one of many children abused in State custody because of its institutional failures.”
The state’s child advocate has notified the New Hampshire Executive Council of abuse she said her office has documented at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, which includes a child’s broken arm and being held down for three and a half minutes and other reports of extended lock downs there this winter.
Headed to the desk of Governor Kelly Ayotte is a bill related to the state’s timber carbon sequestration issue.
Retired Judge David King criticized Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald for not asking for input from the lower court on a bill when the sponsor asked him to work on it.
Berlin’s Sandra “Marisol” Fuentes Huaracha might have been alive today had a new law related to bail reform been in place last summer, Attorney General John Formella said Tuesday.
“Chief Parent was more than a leader—he was a mentor, a steady presence, and a true example of what it means to serve. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and all who loved him.”
Senate President Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, said she has removed state Sen. Tim McGough, R-Merrimack, from all committee assignments but did not say why she took that action Thursday. McGough said he was wrongly removed.
There was lots of opposition Thursday to a bill that would remove Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required to attend school and child care centers in New Hampshire, though there are medical and religious exemptions.
Humane organizations panned a bill, which already passed the House, that relates to cruelty of livestock.