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The House decided not to support a version of a bill that would allocate $4.4
million for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative costs during a committee of conference meeting Tuesday morning.
While eligible men ages 18-26 will now automatically be signed up for the draft starting in December using federal data, some students at the University of New Hampshire pushed back against the change, calling it unnecessary and an overreach of the government.
Family and advocates of Nickenley Turenne, 24, are still calling for justice and pushing for further information about his death to be released five months after he was killed while running from police officers on Dec. 6, 2025.
Some people are upset by a move by legislators that would add an amendment prohibiting gun restrictions on college campuses to a House Bill that requires insurance coverage for adult amputee prosthetics.
The participants’ demands are to tax the rich, no Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and no war, and to “expand democracy, not corporate power. Hands off our votes.”
Nickenley Turenne, 24, was running from police when he was killed in a police-involved shooting on Dec. 6, 2025 because he had an order of protection filed against him by his girlfriend, Nikki Murray, who was there when it happened, according to his father Enick Turenne.
Gorham Police Chief Jimmy Willhoite defended the department’s participation in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 287(g) program during Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, saying he maintains local control and that it adds training for police officers.
Activists rallied at Citizens Bank at 20 Highland Street on Wednesday, calling for the organization to end its financial relationship with CoreCivic and the GEO Group, companies that build and operate detention centers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Board of Aldermen will vote during Wednesday’s meeting whether to purchase
and renovate a property on 14 Mulberry Street into a homeless resource center, though critics say the plan is rushed, overly expensive, and lacks transparency.