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For North Country towns facing a loss of revenue from the state’s timber tax due to a change in the way timber land owners can make money, the House passed a bill Thursday that would allow municipalities to collect a tax on standing wood and timber on land used for carbon sequestration.
The state Senate passed a bill that would eliminate income thresholds to access the state’s Education Freedom Accounts Thursday on a partisan vote of 16-8.
Flanked by close to 100 law enforcement officials and a bipartisan group of elected officials from across the state, Gov. Kelly Ayotte called for the House to pass a bail reform bill Thursday to make New Hampshire a safer place.
It’s a good bet there will be changes and possibly new revenues coming from and to charity casinos after a gangbuster report of the opening of The Nash casino this past week by the state lottery commissioner.
Despite a hiring freeze in state government, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said this week she will fill a recent vacancy as director of state parks.
From advancing efforts to create affordable housing and increasing public safety the Senate worked together in a bipartisan fashion to pass a number of bills Thursday.
At a time when childhood immunization rates are declining nationally and Texas is
experiencing a serious measles outbreak, the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee heard testimony Wednesday on two vaccine bills.
The Senate Education Committee had a full meeting with three hearings, Tuesday on three different matters including a bill that would require high school and college sports teams to be expressly designated as male or female and also would create a cause of action for those harmed by others who intentionally enter the wrong locker room from their birth sex.
She will help support the state’s Emergency 9-1-1 telecommunicators and staff in their high-stress work, as part of a public-private partnership praised by Gov. Kelly Ayotte.