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The team at Wentworth-Douglass decorated a hallway with balloons, streamers, and served a cake as a surprise. After staff sang him happy birthday he remarked, “Thank you very much, I’m looking forward to it!”
Concord, NH – On Wednesday, Gov. Chris Sununu signed five bills into law.
The so-called “parental bill of rights,” which opponents say targets LGBTQ youth by compelling schools to tell parents when asked about their child’s sexual identity at school, will go to the House floor, likely next Thursday without a recommendation.
Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Director of Charitable Trusts is seeking public comment and will host a public hearing regarding a proposed affiliation transaction between Valley Regional Hospital and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health.
There are currently 9 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 381,441 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Responding to a Boston Globe series highlighting the lack of transparency in the way the New Hampshire Board of Medicine handles complaints about doctors, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella’s Office is backing new recommendations to open the process to the public.
Women across New Hampshire were urged to contact their legislators and the governor on the need to protect abortion rights in New Hampshire after political losses in the state Senate last week and a federal court ruling now threatening access to abortion medication.
There are currently 12 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 381,070 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
On partisan lines, two bills related to abortion protections were voted down in the state Senate Thursday 14-10 with all Republicans opposing the legislation.