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Gov. Chris Sununu is asking the Biden Administration to step up its patrol of New Hampshire’s 51-mile border with Canada or he will do it with a $1.4 million budget priority he has proposed to use state and local law enforcement.
Secretary of State Dave Scanlan said a new law that allows town meeting voting to be postponed two weeks during weather emergencies was being used in about 77 precincts Tuesday as a March Nor’Easter swept through the state with snow, driving wind, and rain.
Supporters and opponents of the governor’s proposal to eliminate, consolidate or change many licensing boards in the state spoke out at a budget hearing Monday along with those who would like to see the governor’s proposed pay raises for all state employees and a 40 percent increase in private duty nursing rates for at-home care for the developmentally disabled.
Ahead of the upcoming NH Maple Weekend, March 18 and 19, when almost 200 sugarhouses in the state are open to the public, Gov. Chris Sununu tapped a century-old maple on the grounds of the Remick Farm Museum with students from the Madison Elementary School Monday.
Bills to restrict gun rights and expand tenant rights in housing matters got nowhere in the House, but bills related to expanding the state’s Education Freedom Account program got the green light to proceed to the Senate Thursday by narrow votes.
Gov. Chris Sununu said he thinks hospitals have a lot of explaining to do when it comes to helping communities find mental health solutions and should be part of the all-hands-on-deck approach rather than going to court to fight to keep those patients out of their emergency rooms.
Fifteen million dollars in funding for a new nursing home for Strafford County, $750,00 for a new child care center for Concord, more electric vehicle charging stations for Lancaster and Peterborough, and water projects for a number of communities were approved by the Executive Council Wednesday along with a proposal to change its controversial procedures for voting.
A bill that would prohibit gender transition procedures for minors in New Hampshire along with other related bills brought more than 250 to the State House Tuesday with most saying that the bill is wrong and based on inaccurate information.
Holding rainbow-colored heart signs – some made by their children – parents expressed love and support for Christa McAuliffe School art teacher Silas Allard who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community and who is now on leave for unknown reasons at Monday’s school board meeting.