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Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed nine bills, a toll increase for out of staters, a “book ban,” a measure that would have allowed the Attorney General’s Office to target health care centers where abortions are provided and a measure that would have allowed for landlords to get two months of rent up front.
A dispute between an abutter and gravel pit owner and the state, which impacts the more than 150,000 bicycle riders and pedestrians who enjoy the 59-mile Northern Rail Trail, is going to court.
Three weeks after visiting the Bartlett Experimental Forest and hearing of concerns of the impacts of its potential closure, here, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, has introduced legislation with Congressman Chris Pappas, D-NH, to save them.
To celebrate America’s 250th, a 10-minute video has just been produced featuring 50 present and former state leaders in a ceremonial reading the Declaration of Independence.
– Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed one of two bathroom bills on Friday and the other one hasn’t yet reached her desk. She vetoed several other bills and signed 54 bills into law.
The state’s Executive Council approved a contract with Weston & Sampson Engineers of Portsmouth to conduct a feasibility study of the Mount Sunapee Ski Area sewage lagoon Wednesday.
As the drought in the southern half of the state continues, farmers are taking stock and hopeful for good crops this year, though hydrologists are concerned that it is going to take a long time for the groundwater situation to turn around, particularly in the coastal and southern portions of the state where house wells and farm stands are abundant.
The table is now set for Republican and Democratic primaries on Sept. 8 with the winners facing off in a general election on Nov. 3.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, also vetoed three bills including one enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location.