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House Adopts Major Changes to Congressional Districts
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The House voted largely down party lines to approve redrawing three of the state’s political boundaries along plans developed by the Republican majority.
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The House voted largely down party lines to approve redrawing three of the state’s political boundaries along plans developed by the Republican majority.
MANCHESTER – Divided between “mask optional” and “masks required,” members of the House of Representatives returned – some reluctantly – to in-person voting for the first day of the 2022 session on Wednesday.
The start of the 2022 legislative session will look a lot like the end of the 2021 legislative session: the Senate meeting in Representative Hall and the House meeting in a football field-sized hall to avoid a super-spreader event, something some say is a real possibility.
Secretary of State William M. Gardner, 73, announced his retirement Monday, after being the guardian of the state’s election laws since 1976.
On Saturday, January 1, 2022, New Hampshire’s first abortion ban in modern history took effect, restricting abortions at or after 24 weeks gestation, with virtually no exceptions, including none for fatal fetal diagnoses, rape, or incest, and criminalizing doctors.
Friends and colleagues are mourning the death of state Rep. Barbara Shaw, D-Manchester, who served 11 terms in the General Court.
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved using more than $28 million in CARES Act money to backfill programs funded by the state or the federal American Rescue Plan Friday.
Three reproductive clinics that provide 80 percent of the state’s contraceptive services for more than 10,000 women, many of modest means, had their two-year contracts rejected by the state’s Executive Council along partisan lines Wednesday.
The Department of Safety mourns the passing of former Commissioner Richard M. Flynn. Commissioner Flynn served more than 35 years as the commissioner of the Department of Safety and notably, the longest serving commissioner of the Department.