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Rep. Tim Lang, R-Sanbornton, testified in favor of House Bill 1210 before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee Wednesday.
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Rep. Tim Lang, R-Sanbornton, testified in favor of House Bill 1210 before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee Wednesday.
Preventing the state from subsidizing passenger rail had mixed reviews before the Senate Transportation Committee Tuesday.
The Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing on a bill that could cost the state’s Highway Fund $200 million.
Some members of the committee said the bill would remove local control.
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, two bills dealing with the state’s cannabis laws will be a focus of the Senate. On April 20, HB1598 goes before the Ways and Means Committee to talk about the legalization and possession of cannabis sold through a state liquor store model.
The five-member Gunstock Area Commission could be elected by Belknap County residents rather than appointed by the county’s legislative delegation under a re-amended bill heard by a Senate committee on Monday.
From local property tax relief to dealing with the state’s lack of rental units to its mental health and opioid crises, and reversing the recent Republican-led wrongs in abortion and education, Sherman said he knows how to fix them and the current governor does not.
Cryans’ announcement will produce a Democratic primary for the district that runs from the southwestern part of the state to Concord to the lower end of Coos County at the north.
CONCORD — The court system will use $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act money to establish a dedicated court for those in mental health crisis languishing in hospital emergency rooms.