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The New Hampshire Hospital Association, along with Dartmouth Health and its affiliated hospitals and Concord Hospital and its affiliates, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Medicaid Enhancement Tax (MET) to protect access to important health care services for all patients, according to a statement by Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association.
It is a perfect moment in New Hampshire for a three-year moratorium on new landfills, Senators were told during a public hearing Tuesday before the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
As part of their ongoing efforts, the Manchester Crimeline has increased the reward for information leading to a breakthrough in the case. The reward now stands at $5,000.
An indictment has been unsealed charging eight defendants in connection with an international scheme to bill $10 million in fraudulent market survey data, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces.
Adding that educators have a responsibility to parents as well as their students to the educators’ codes of conduct and ethics is not needed and could lead to potential problems, the Senate Education Committee was told Tuesday.
Former fertility specialist Dr. Misty Blanchette Porter is now owed $1.125 million after a jury found that Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center broke Vermont’s disability discrimination law when it fired her in 2017.
The Senate Finance Committee was given an overview of the House-passed biennial budget by the drafters of the document, some of whom gave advice on changes they would make if Senators find themselves with more projected revenue.
The state budget passed by the Republican controlled House of Representatives for the next two years has many organizations in the state talking about potential impacts of cuts to municipalities, tourism, education, healthcare and family planning.
Imagine if you could save money on your electric bill by using a service provider to adjust your thermostats, switch your dishwasher or dryer on or off, or activate or deactivate your home electric vehicle charger, all as demand on the grid fluctuates.