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Hundreds of people gathered outside the State House on Sunday for a “Not My Presidents Day Rally” hosted by NH 50501, to voice concerns about the Trump Administration’s agenda and actions taken by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) locally and nationally,
Restoring the structure of the selection of the Youth Development Center child abuse claims administrator to the state’s Supreme Court was supported by all who testified Thursday, including several victims and their lawyers.
The House defeated a proposal to require Education Freedom Account students evaluation results be reported to the Department of Education.
Another public hearing was held Thursday morning at the State House for House Bill 121, regarding school district financial requirements and district probation processes.
Accusations of harassment, doxing and retaliation – as well as harrowing personal stories about domestic and sexual violence – dominated a lengthy hearing Wednesday on a bill that would form a legislative commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.
A federal grand jury has refused to indict six congressional Democrats, including Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, for a short video they made last November telling members of the military they should not follow “illegal orders,” Goodlander confirmed Wednesday.
The House Environment and Agricultural Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday for House Bill 1138, which aims to limit the placement of out-of-state waste going into landfills in New Hampshire.
Within 90 days, all law enforcement in the state will have real-time bail information at their fingertips, thanks in part to a contract approved Wednesday and the lessons the state learned following the murder of a 25-year-old Berlin woman last summer.
Banning the construction of new mega data centers for a year would give lawmakers time to study their effects on a small state like New Hampshire, a House committee was told Wednesday.
Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Will, 59, of Loudon was confirmed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi who retired at the age of 70.
