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It took a $680,000 repair job, including painting and new climate control in Representatives Hall and its portraits this summer to find out that the abolitionist and U.S. Senator John Hale of Dover wore a black suit, rather than a blue one for his portrait.
Special committees in the state Senate and House on redistricting will be meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Strafford County Courthouse, but people can also watch from the comfort of their homes.
Several House committees will be busy next session as Representatives have requested Legislative Services to draft at least 64 requests bills dealing with COVID-19 vaccines or face masks.
Executive Councilor Joe Kenney, R-Wakefield, said the state now has four bids for a marketing company to work on the sale of the 220-acre former Laconia State School property.
If all goes as planned, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will soon complete its first land purchase in more than two decades.
CONCORD – Twenty-four fully vaccinated people have died from COVID-19 since Jan. 20, according to Jake Leon, spokesman for the state Department of Health and Human Services.
All 14 Republican senators today signed a letter encouraging the members of New Hampshire’s Washington delegation to stand up to the Biden Administration’s recent federal mandates, calling them draconian, restrictive, and harmful to the state.
NASHUA – During a last-minute press conference, Gov. Chris Sununu announced he will fight President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandates as state epidemiologist Dr. Ben Chan updated COVID-19 saying there were 549 new cases and four deaths to report Wednesday as New Hampshire averages about 400 new cases of the virus daily.
There are now 3,726 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.