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GOP leaders led the hearing on an amendment to CACR 12 that would permanently ban an income tax in New Hampshire if voters approve a change to the state Constitution with a steady chorus of: “No income tax, not now, not ever.”
A Gorham man facing numerous reckless conduct charges alleging he shot up businesses in Berlin and a nearby home and property is now behind bars after a judge in Coos County Superior Court ruled on a rehearing request on bail at the request of the Coos County Attorney.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee recommended killing three bills Wednesday that would have supported cyanobacteria mitigation and prevention and maintaining state dams.
Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte weighed in with members of the media on the subjects of campus carry and open enrollment – along with commenting on nuclear power and broad-based taxes – on Wednesday after a long Executive Council meeting.
The Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into the allegations that there has been abuse of children by state employees at the Sununu Youth Services Center, the governor and state Executive Council were told Wednesday.
After nearly two hours of testimony in support of a national battery recycling program for New Hampshire, the Senate Ways and Means Committee decided the bill ought to be killed.
A bill that would prohibit public universities and colleges in the state from regulating the possession of firearms on campus brought a huge crowd to the Senate Judiciary Committee public hearing Tuesday.
State Rep. Ellen Read, D-Newmarket, said she is considering her legal options after House Speaker Sherman Packard banned her on non-session days from the House chamber, ante-room and gallery at the State House because of her “shouting” and using profanity Tuesday outside a Senate committee hearing on her bill to provide sexual assault victims their rights.
Open enrollment in public schools was fast tracked by Republicans in the House Education Policy and Administration Committee Monday despite numerous questions of Democrats on what the bill means and what it would actually do in the state.