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Fast tracked with the speed of a police cruiser, the Senate passed a bail reform bill on special order that is now headed to the governor’s desk, with more than a dozen law enforcement personnel watching in support.
A bail reform bill that passed the House last week on a 204-175 vote sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee with an ought to pass vote following a public hearing on Tuesday.
A bill requiring the state Department of Environmental Services to establish a site-specific setback distance for proposed new landfills is headed to the House with a recommendation of passage following a 14-1 vote in the House Environment and Agriculture Committee Tuesday.
After a winter filled with natural snow and cold temperatures, ski areas across the state were going into preservation mode Monday as rain, warm temperatures and fog continued to eat away at the snow surface.
Democrats parted with Republicans in the House Education Policy and Administration committee on a bill that would allow public school districts to contract with any approved private school, HB 768.
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.