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As the state inches closer to the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, Secretary of State David Scanlan issued his predictions for voter turnout while longtime GOP observer Tom Rath said “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.”
The Senate voted to expand the school voucher program, eliminated some credentialing requirements for part-time teachers and voted unanimously to recommend to the voters a change in the state Constitution enshrining the first-in-the-nation primary.
The bill would allow municipalities to charge the public for requests that take more than 10 hours to produce and after that charge up to $25 an hour.
The transgender rights community came out in force on a snowy Tuesday to push back on Republican bills that single them out, including the definition of sexual identity and creating a legal action against doctors who perform gender transitional care.
Changing taxes in the Granite State got some consideration as two bills were heard by the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday.
Outgoing Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier said he plans to use whatever means possible to see that Coos County Commissioner and fellow Berlin City Councilor Robert Theberge is called to task for what Grenier considers theft of “more than $500” in county funds, and which Theberge denies.
Law enforcement bills related to drugs and drinking and driving were heard before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the governor weighing in.
Three abortion bills, including one that would be the most restrictive in the nation by limiting access after 15 days of pregnancy – were heard before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
NextEra’s proposed changes to the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant’s 40-year-old emergency plan has the attention of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn and his director of Homeland Security.