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House Adopts Major Changes to Congressional Districts
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The House voted largely down party lines to approve redrawing three of the state’s political boundaries along plans developed by the Republican majority.
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The House voted largely down party lines to approve redrawing three of the state’s political boundaries along plans developed by the Republican majority.
MANCHESTER – Divided between “mask optional” and “masks required,” members of the House of Representatives returned – some reluctantly – to in-person voting for the first day of the 2022 session on Wednesday.
The House was the firewall for Gov. Chris Sununu’s vetoes, upholding all five they voted on, including one the Senate overrode on a 19-5 vote at Wednesday’s session at the DoubleTree by Hilton.
There are currently 381 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 204,897 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
When Alexandra Drake reported that her superior in the New Boston Police Department was sexually harassing her, that he had a “rapability” scale for female drivers he stopped, and that he forced her to add lies to a police report, she was placed on leave, investigated, and then put on the state’s confidential Laurie List for police officers with credibility problems.
Police Chief Allen D. Aldenberg called on the Manchester community to come forward Monday with information to help find a missing 7-year-old girl who was last seen in the city in October of 2019 when she was 5.
The start of the 2022 legislative session will look a lot like the end of the 2021 legislative session: the Senate meeting in Representative Hall and the House meeting in a football field-sized hall to avoid a super-spreader event, something some say is a real possibility.
Secretary of State William M. Gardner, 73, announced his retirement Monday, after being the guardian of the state’s election laws since 1976.
On Saturday, January 1, 2022, New Hampshire’s first abortion ban in modern history took effect, restricting abortions at or after 24 weeks gestation, with virtually no exceptions, including none for fatal fetal diagnoses, rape, or incest, and criminalizing doctors.