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Students in the Nashua School District now have access to thousands of eBooks in world languages
thanks to a new resource offered through the Nashua Public Library, LOTE4Kids.
The New Hampshire Department of Corrections, caught hiding evidence in order to justify firing a veteran corrections officer, argued Thursday that the state’s Personal Appeals Board is wrong for overturning the termination.
In her address she touted almost $100 million in state aid for special education, $10 million more for the community mental health centers, and a total of $1billion for services for people with developmental disabilities to maintain services with no wait list.
From special education to a landfill moratorium, Gov. Kelly Ayotte laid out her budget agenda Thursday, saying it is $150 million less in general fund spending than the current two-year plan.
While Senate Democrats tried to reel it in, Republican opposition to a bill that would have given the Fish and Game Department a new funding source, a $2.50 marine habitat fee, was rejected and the bill killed on Thursday.
To cheers so loud Speaker Sherman Packard threatened to clear the chamber, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 200 to 180 to indefinitely postpone so called “right to work” legislation, House Bill 238, on Thursday.
Hearing on House Bill 254
Former Fire Chief Jaye Vilchock is accusing two Nottingham firefighters of conspiring to create false accusations of racism in order to get him terminated.
Votes and general support for the legislation came from all members of the New Hampshire federal delegation: Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan, Congressman Pappas, and Congresswoman Goodlander.