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The calls went out two days before the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire with the caller sounding like President Joe Biden saying: “Your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday.”
The deadline was at 5 p.m. Friday for Carrie Gendreau and other candidates to file for a three-year selectman’s term. Gendreau did not sign up by the 5 p.m. deadline, according to Town Clerk Angela Brousseau.
State Senators Becky Whitley, a Democrat, and Republican William Gannon clashed over a bill he filed to require local law enforcement officers detain illegal immigrants here and prohibit the creation of sanctuary cities.
Helen Hanks, commissioner of the Department of Corrections, laid out a request for $40 million for architectural plans for a new men’s prison while a $1 million request for a new climate-controlled storage facility for the State Library was considered and also voted to ought to pass by the Senate Capital Budget Committee on Thursday.
Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington laid into Attorney General John Formella on his decision not to sign an amicus brief with more than 20 other states on a U.S. Supreme Court appeal related to the abortion drug Mifepristone Wednesday during the council meeting.
A bill defining the biological sex of students in school athletics and one which relates to setting up an appeal process for school libraries, books seen by some parents as harmful to minors, were heard in the Senate Education Committee with testimony overwhelmingly opposed to both measures.
The investigation by the Department of Justice found Gilford Police Sgt. Douglas Wall, a 28-year veteran officer who fatally shot Merrill “Mischa” Pataski-Fay, 17, at 5 Varney Point Road on the night of Jan. 1, 2023, was legally justified, said Attorney General John Formella.
Three special elections to fill House seats in Rockingham and Coos County were decided Tuesday with two Republicans and one Democrat winning.
Anna Sventek, spokesman for the Secretary of State Dave Scanlan, said at about 2 p.m. that she could confirm several communities have requested extra Republican ballots.