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The state has to either come up with a 10 percent deposit on the $68.72 million purchase and sales agreement for the 146,400 acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters at the northern tip of the state, within 45 days, or waive the right of first refusal, the governor and Executive Council were told Wednesday.
A bill that would increase park fees for out of state residents has cleared a committee of conference.
A seven-member solid waste site evaluation committee could be created in the state to evaluate applications for new solid waste facilities.
A bipartisan effort by New Hampshire’s Republican governor and two Democratic U.S. Senators has saved the USDA’s Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest from the chopping block.
Gordon-Darby Inc. has voluntarily dismissed its case against New Hampshire officials, and plans to send a 60-day notice to New Hampshire officials to start the process of filing a new lawsuit relating to the cancellation of the vehicle inspection program.
With her signature, Gov. Kelly Ayotte could bring the price of gas at New Hampshire pumps down by 23.7 cents a gallon.
The state is looking to get out of the business of operating a wastewater treatment plant in the Lakes Region and hand it over entirely to local control.
The reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service, which may include closing the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Thornton, brought environmental leaders together with New Hampshire’s two U.S. Senators Friday to talk about the dire situation laid out by the Trump Administration on April 1.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee recommended killing three bills Wednesday that would have supported cyanobacteria mitigation and prevention and maintaining state dams.
Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte weighed in with members of the media on the subjects of campus carry and open enrollment – along with commenting on nuclear power and broad-based taxes – on Wednesday after a long Executive Council meeting.
