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Hundreds of people turned out to speak against the House-passed budget saying it harms the state’s most vulnerable including the developmentally disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill and the poor seeking health care.
Protesters kicked off a lengthy public hearing on the state’s budget for the next two years which cuts services, programs and hikes fees throughout state government for the next two years, if passed by the Senate and approved by the governor.
Called an “existential threat” to the state’s $1.4 billion annual timber and forest products industry, state Senators were warned that HB 123 was unfair and would tax lands enrolled in carbon credit programs at least twice.
If there is to be a bit of competition between the moose and the loons in this state on license plates, Fish and Game wants a piece of the action.
Landowners who enroll their properties in carbon capture markets are closely watching a bill that comes up for a hearing in the Senate next Tuesday, which would tax the growth of timber.
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Maggie Goodlander, New Hampshire’s newly elected Democratic Congresswoman for District 2 was in the North Country Thursday taking notes as she met and heard from the agriculture and forestry community about the federal impacts they face for their small businesses.
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Senate Democrats, however, announced a public listening session on the budget will be held on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Winnacunnet High School, 1 Alumni Drive in Hampton.