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Sununu Signs Controversial $13.5B Budget
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With no fanfare and no courtesy photo of him signing House Bills 1 and 2, Gov. Chris Sununu issued a news release Friday saying he signed both into law.
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With no fanfare and no courtesy photo of him signing House Bills 1 and 2, Gov. Chris Sununu issued a news release Friday saying he signed both into law.
Before going home for the summer, lawmakers decided to change the date of the state primary, make religious services an essential service during a state of emergency and allow loaded guns on recreational vehicles.
CONCORD – State police were called to the State House Thursday after hundreds of pro-choice activists, public education supporters, disability rights groups, and climate change activists entered the building following an outdoor rally and demanded Gov. Chris Sununu veto the budget.
In this latest Roger Wood podcast, Dr. Sindiso Mnisi Weeks of Nashua discusses HB 544, attached to the proposed New Hampshire state budget bill, the so-called “divisive concepts” legislation.
Republican House and Senate budget writers agreed to a budget last week that would be substantially higher than the current biennium budget and includes more controversial sections than usual.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 25 new positive test results for COVID-19 and one death Friday.
State Sen. Tom Sherman, D-Rye, says there’s a war against women’s rights being waged by Republican men in the state legislature that needs to get more public scrutiny.
It was the 111th press conference held related to the pandemic and it came 458 days after his declaring a state of emergency on March 16.
All good things must come to an end, but the budget committee of conference on House Bill 2 pushed the limits Thursday.