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In his last State of the State Address, Gov. Chris Sununu said the state is in good shape, and though the envy of others, lawmakers should not take this for granted.
Lawyers for Adam Montgomery, the Manchester man accused of murdering his five-year-old daughter and hiding her body for months, tried to stop Manchester Police Detective Max Rahill’s testimony about a Home Depot receipt for items allegedly used to dispose of Harmony.
He was elected in 1970 as a Merrimack County commissioner, then went on to run for Executive Council, where he served for over two decades. After serving for 24 years, he ran and won a seat on the Merrimack County Commission again, serving until 2022.
He was arrested on Dec. 27, 2023 and charged with Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault-Pattern and Indecent Exposure. The victims were unrelated, but both attended the same daycare in Hartford’s mother’s house.
Jurors heard testimony Wednesday from police detectives and state criminologists who searched in 2022, not for Harmony, but for evidence of her death. Adam Montgomery’s murder trial has been going for a week in the Hillsborough Superior Court — North in Manchester, and prosecutors focused on the physical evidence available in a case that does not have a body.
A plan by a former Dartmouth computer science professor to regulate state agencies’ use of artificial intelligence met opposition from the head of the state information technology department saying more flexibility is needed.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is advising consumers not to eat certain foods that contain dairy products made by Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc. A national outbreak of Listeria infections has been linked to cheese made by this company.
Megan Tuttle, president of the NEA — NH, and the organization’s lobbyist, Brian Hawkins, speak to the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday in opposition to House Bill 1353, which would grant the Department of Education Commissioner subpoena authority.
The House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee voted ought to pass on a bill that would legalize marijuana for Granite Staters. HB 1633 would put in place “procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis” and “the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments.”