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At his weekly press briefing Wednesday in Concord, Sununu announced the $12 million purchase, approved by the Executive Council Wednesday, and he said they will be sold at a cost of about $17 per single test, which can be covered by insurance.
Saying he will “not be blackmailed by the federal government,” nor should the state, House Speaker Sherman Packard introduced his bill to prohibit state enforcement of any federal mandate that requires an individual – as a condition of employment or any other activity – to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
Municipalities could be prohibited from adopting ordinances that ban short-term rentals under a bipartisan bill proposed in Concord Tuesday.
Members of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) interested in being considered for nomination to the NHEC Board of Directors should submit their candidate material to the NHEC Nominating Committee by February 10, 2022.
The for-profit company, which also owns Parkland Medical Center in Salem, and Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, would consolidate its behavioral health programs into the new facility, which is expected to be Epping with a preferred site off Route 101 on the west side of the junction with Route 125.
The theme during a day-long session of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee on Tuesday was solid waste and ways to reduce the amount of trash heading to New Hampshire’s landfills.
Union leaders pushed back against a bill that removes labor agreements from the state competitive bid process during a Senate Finance committee hearing Tuesday, but SB 274 passed on a vote of 5-2.
The hearings take place Wednesday just days before the 49th, and possibly last, anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22.
Community Action Works (formerly Toxics Action Center) and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) have settled their federal Clean Water Act lawsuit against Casella Waste Systems, Inc., and North Country Environmental Services, Inc., for the discharge of pollutants from the companies’ Bethlehem Landfill into the Ammonoosuc River.