Courts & Corrections
Bill Would ‘Weaken’ Civil Rights Law, Senate Judiciary Told
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A proposed change to civil rights law was opposed as potentially weakening the state statute at a public Feb. 12 before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
News
YDC Victims, Lawyers Back Returning Selection of YDC Administrator To Supreme Court
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Restoring the structure of the selection of the Youth Development Center child abuse claims administrator to the state’s Supreme Court was supported by all who testified Thursday, including several victims and their lawyers.
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Contract for Real-Time Bail Data for Law Enforcement Approved
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Within 90 days, all law enforcement in the state will have real-time bail information at their fingertips, thanks in part to a contract approved Wednesday and the lessons the state learned following the murder of a 25-year-old Berlin woman last summer.
Business & Economy
Daniel Will Confirmed To State Supreme Court on 4-1 Vote; SPNHF Honored for 125 Years
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Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Will, 59, of Loudon was confirmed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi who retired at the age of 70.
Business & Economy
Comprehensive Cannabis Gets Nod To Be Killed in Senate
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It took a “hot second” for the Republican majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee to recommend killing a comprehensive bill to legalize, regulate and tax the sale of cannabis in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
News
Stewart Resigns After Agency Failed to Alert Ayotte To ICE Plans for Merrimack Facility
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After taking full responsibility for not informing the governor of a Trump administration request for information on a potential ICE detention center in Merrimack and offering an apology during an Executive Council emergency meeting Feb. 4, Sarah Stewart has resigned at Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s request.
Courts & Corrections
Daniel Will Mostly Praised at Hearing on Nomination to the NH Supreme Court
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Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Will was questioned by members of the Executive Council and the subject of a public hearing Friday on whether he should serve as an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Business & Economy
Senate Republicans Shoot Down Dem-Backed Bills On Ed. Funding, Guns and Pot, All Agree to Booze Deliveries
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Republican Senators refused to increase the base cost of an adequate education across the state for the next biennium, didn’t go along with many Democratic bills but they all agreed that folks should be able to get booze delivered.
Arts and Entertainment
State of State: Ayotte Aims To Make NH More Affordable, Healthier, Increase Nuclear Power
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte focused her State of the State address on public safety and affordability Thursday and said that together we can protect what sets the state apart.