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During their Oct. 21 meeting, members of the commission charged with developing recommendations on handling police misconduct complaints predicted that the state legislature would not provide the funding for an independent entity as recommended by the Law Enforcement Commission on Accountability, Community, and Transparency (LEACT).
Investigators in Pennsylvania are now looking at the New Hampshire man who confessed to shooting his wife and cutting up her body for possible connection to the 2009 murder of his step-mother.
Hospitals across the state are facing some of the highest census numbers since last January due in part to the pandemic with some looking at “levers” they can pull that include suspending elective overnight procedures, said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association.
With the number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths on the rise, some lawmakers question the safety of continuing tours for elementary school children at the State House where there is no mask or vaccination mandate and no requirement to report the number of legislators and staffers who work there who have been infected.
In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 130,615 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
With 29 days left before they must vote on a series of redistricting bills, a House Special Committee on Redistricting met at the Legislative Office Building Wednesday to discuss their progress and look over some of the first drafts of maps that the committee will consider.
Making it clear that it is encouraging all public bodies to provide opportunities for citizens to participate remotely, the committee making recommendations on virtual meetings is not asking the legislature to require public access.
The lawyer for State Trooper Samuel Provenza asked the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Wednesday to keep hidden from the public an investigation into his alleged misconduct while he was working as a Canaan police officer.
In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 130,040 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.