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Soucy Signs Family Leave Bill; House Kills Casino Gambling, Protects ACA
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Senate Bill 1 would allow employees up to 12 weeks leave from work at 60 percent of pay.
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Senate Bill 1 would allow employees up to 12 weeks leave from work at 60 percent of pay.
Rep. Ann M. Kuster (D-N.H.) pointed out before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, that, besides costs, the risk of accidents or sabotage at the 16 sites only increases with time.
About 130 protesters, many of them college-age students, staged a sit-in at the offices of Gov. Chris Sununu, executive council and the Secretary of State in the State House Tuesday opposing a new law that ties voting rights to vehicle registration.
Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier told the Senate Finance Committee that the state’s northernmost city has high property taxes, an elderly population, low property values and reduced state funding for public education.
Supporters say an amendment to HB 183 will preserve the state policy that was passed last year, but has yet to be enacted because of legal disagreements.
Anti-CWIP was the issue that catapulted Hugh Gallen to an upset victory in the 1978 gubernatorial election that ousted three-term incumbent Meldrim Thomson.
CONCORD – Twelve individuals who previously were arrested have been indicted by a federal grand jury for crimes that primarily involve prescription drug trafficking.
Should you pay to subsidize wood-burning electric generating plants?
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the amendment on Tuesday, May 7.