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An attempt to set up legal adult cannabis sales under the thumb of the state liquor commission was abandoned Tuesday by the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee.
The Senate Finance Committee agreed to a seven-year reauthorization of the state’s Medicaid expansion program covering about 60,000 Granite Staters.
The driver was identified as Sulma Canales Cabrera, age 26, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Cabrera was arrested by Troopers and is facing charges of Reckless Conduct, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, Reckless Driving, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
With 15 children waiting in hospital emergency rooms for mental health placement Friday, Gov. Chris Sununu and Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Weaver went to Hampstead to cut the ribbon on a new facility that will add 71 new beds when complete.
The man who made himself sick mixing unstable chemicals in his Durham apartment seems to be a victim of his own recreational interests, according to Assistant Strafford County Attorney Joachim Barth.
An open and competitive market for the sale of cannabis in the Live Free or Die state was advocated over a “Soviet style monopoly,” run by the liquor commission, legislators were told at a hearing on a new amendment to legalize weed this year.
A House Finance Committee’s subdivision wants to hold a bill reauthorizing the state’s Medicaid expansion program for a year.
During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announces “Mission Zero,” a plan to eliminate hospital emergency department (ED) psychiatric boarding by 2025.
The state’s Medicaid expansion program cleared its first hurdle in the House unscathed after three hours of debate Thursday.