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Most of the five Executive Councilors favor voting in real time, rather than the newly discovered method one councilor has had for years of quietly handing in his “no” votes at the end of the meetings.
There are about eight inches of dusty dry powder snow on the ground here in Center Harbor atop the crust and it appears the whole state is getting in on this storm to some degree.
A high rate of vacancies for state plow drivers and increased rates are among the concerns impacting DOT right now and are expected to continue for next year, cold weather or not.
Republican Executive Councilor David Wheeler of Milford was confronted by Councilor Cinde Warmington, D-Concord, Wednesday about his practice of what she called “silent voting” recording votes for the record after the Executive Council meeting adjourns when the matters pass on voice votes.
Broadband in the rural parts of the state got a gigabyte boost Wednesday as a $40 million contract was approved to help connect and improve connectivity for almost 25,000 homes and businesses.
Bills to limit the construction of new landfills away from water bodies were opposed by the state Department of Environmental Services, which instead favors further study, which is included in several Senate bills.
Northern New Hampshire tourism officials met at Loon on Friday with Congresswoman Annie Kuster, D-NH, to discuss ways that the federal government can help with climate change, utility costs and their relationship with White Mountain National Forest, among other issues.
Bills that would prohibit abortion once a heartbeat is detected at about six weeks and a bill that would make it a Class A felony for medical providers to withhold treatment or hasten the death of those “born alive” received strong pushback in the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.
Elimination of the state’s new fetal life protection act, removal of criminal and civil penalties for doctors who perform abortions after 24 weeks, and a bill that would guarantee the unrestricted right to abortion in the Granite State brought impassioned testimony, equally for and against the measures Wednesday.