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It sadly may have taken the videotaped killing of a Black man by police almost half way across the country, but Rogers Johnson, president of the Seacoast NAACP, said people in New Hampshire and around the world are finally listening to the concerns of the Black community.
The state Consumer Advocate wants state regulators to produce emergency rules on utility disconnections for customers failing to pay their bills.
And then there were the “Freedom” seats in another area far from their peers where members of the House sat who refused to wear masks or to socially distance for reasons of liberty.
By a two-to-one margin, the House approved a bill Tuesday to allow voters fearful for their health and safety due to the coronavirus to vote by absentee ballot this fall.
House Republican Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) issued a statement relative to the June 30th House session.
Groups Cite Volinsky’s Superior Record on Climate and Education as Reason for Endorsement.
Voters fearing for their health because of the coronavirus will be able to vote by absentee ballot this fall after the Senate unanimously approved temporary changes in the state’s voting statutes.
Thousands of state employees who have gone without a raise the past year saw some movement on the stalemate when the Senate voted 14-10 along party lines to support a raise during their last session of 2020.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 31 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths on Sunday.