Courts & Corrections
Agreement Proposed To Investigate Windham Vote Discrepancies
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An agreement to investigate vote discrepancies in Windham from the Nov. 3 election would involve national experts, lawmakers leaned Friday.
Courts & Corrections
Change Sought in NH Constitution To Barring Religious School Funding
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The state’s Blaine amendment prohibiting state funding of religious schools, is a stain on the state’s reputation, said supporters of repealing it through a proposed constitutional amendment that could be before voters in 2022.
Courts & Corrections
NH Rep: Sell Organs of People Who Profit from Human Trafficking
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State Rep. Gary Hopper suggested at the end of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee hearing Wednesday that the state’s victims’ compensation fund be funded by selling the organs of people who profit from human trafficking.
Courts & Corrections
House Dems Appeal Federal Court Decision On Remote Session Access
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House Democrats appealed a U.S. District Court judge’s decision denying their request for remote access to House sessions.
Courts & Corrections
Bill Enhances Disability Benefits If Police, Firefighter Attacked On the Job
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A police officer or firefighter violently attacked doing their job and as a result is permanently disabled would qualify for an enhanced benefit from the state retirement system under a bill heard by a Senate committee Wednesday.
Courts & Corrections
Council Confirms McKenzie Snow To Education, Eddie Edwards to Safety
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Former congressional candidate Eddie Edwards of Dover was unanimously approved as assistant commissioner of the Department of Safety and Gov. Chris Sununu formally placed the name of his chief legal counsel, John Formella of Portsmouth, to be the next attorney general at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday.
Courts & Corrections
Sununu To Nominate John Formella As Attorney General
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The nomination will be made at the March 3rd Governor and Council meeting.
Business & Economy
No New COVID-19 Deaths Monday, 252 Cases
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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced 252 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths Monday, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 6.1%.
ADA
Judge Decides No Remote Access to House Sessions Required
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U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty, denied a request by seven disabled Democrats who sued Republican House Speaker Sherman Packard of Londonderry seeking to attend the sessions remotely rather than in person.