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There are currently 456 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 183,056 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
On September 15, the Executive Council voted 4-1 to defund Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) and abortion providers through December 31, 2021, a six-month contract period. The vote on December 22 is a contract period for the next 18 months, from January 1, 2022 until June 31, 2023.
CONCORD — After considerable discussion, the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee Friday approved a federal infusion of $73 million to hire and retain workers in the Home and Community Based Services program.
You don’t need a Kremlinologist to understand my perspective on these things in my capacity as the state’s official advocate for residential utility customers. Rolling blackouts are a small but real possibility this winter.
GORHAM — The attorney representing homeowners who are suing the town and state for allowing off-highway recreational vehicles to interfere with their “right to the quiet enjoyment of their homes” has filed a post-trial set of “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” for the court to consider.
State Police found no crimes during the investigation into “threats” that flooded town offices last year after Police Chief David Ellis was discovered to have attended the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington D.C., according to documents obtained via a right-to-know request.
The current surge of COVID-19 Delta variant in New Hampshire was preventable and caused by a lack of leadership that has delayed booster shots and had real health-care consequences, said two physicians who are also top Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.
Gov. Chris Sununu is taking heat about his comments on mask wearing in a Face the Nation interview and the state’s sluggish vaccination rate when some are complaining they can’t get a booster appointment or child’s vaccination until after Christmas.
Kevin Roy of Casella Waste Systems urged the governing board of the Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District to consider reopening its contract with North Country Environmental Services to extend it for the life of the Bethlehem landfill at a Dec. 8 meeting.