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A school parental notification bill and one that would separate high school and college athletic teams by biological gender at birth received lengthy hearings in the House Education Committee Monday with opponents far outnumbering supporters.
Senior citizens who get Meals on Wheels could also get tax-free food vouchers to use at participating restaurants under a bill passed unanimously by the state Senate Thursday.
The state has rejected a 10-year forest management plan for the massive Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Tract in Pittsburg, Stewartstown and Clarksville from its new owner, Aurora Sustainable Lands.
Gov. Chris Sununu said on ABC News Sunday that while he was critical of former President Donald Trump during the primary for the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, he will support him in the general election and noted that Trump just continues to rise in the polls.
Carroll County Fish and Game Commissioner Susan Price denied she had a conversation with the department’s human resources director about a personnel issue in violation of state law during an evidentiary hearing on a complaint brought against her by Fish and Game Col. Kevin Jordan, one of the subjects of the alleged conversation.
Franklin Footlight Theatre is presenting the production through Sunday and Thursday was opening night at the Franklin Middle School Stage with the audience treated to the comedy, choreography, and live music directed by David Bedard.
On Thursday, by a 14-9 vote, the Senate passed Senate Bill 461 along party lines which would require the state to collect data on the date, place, age, state of residence for the woman, method used, medication dispensed and gestational age of the fetus at an abortion.
“I have made my life’s work advocating for others,” he said during a public hearing on his nomination before the state’s Executive Council on Wednesday. “I can do this job and do it well.”
The Executive Council was told at least 60,000 vehicles above the normal flow passed through the tolls for the Solar Eclipse, and approved $21 million for the purchase of Granite Place South from developer Stephen M. Duprey of Concord.