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NH Lawmakers Heading for All-Out War Over Budget
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So as the 2019 session is halfway done, the weather is heating up and hyper partisanship is in full display.
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So as the 2019 session is halfway done, the weather is heating up and hyper partisanship is in full display.
State regulators denied motions to rehear and reconsider their approval of the Seacoast Reliability Project that the town of Durham, the Durham residents group and the Conservation Law Foundation filed in March.
The House approved a new, two-year $12.9 billion operating budget Thursday that supporters said would benefit all New Hampshire citizens and communities.
Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 726-FN as amended, which would establish a secure forensic psychiatric hospital advisory council and make an appropriation for a new forensic hospital.
The Executive Council held a pardon hearing for a Lebanese immigrant facing imminent deportation followed by a confirmation hearing for the governor’s choice for Commissioner of the Department of Safety.
Leaders of a House committee have called on the acting head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Ann Marie Buerkle, to disclose her contacts with business groups, citing a “disturbing” report by FairWarning that “suggests you are prioritizing the interests of industry over the safety of consumers.”
Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
After a 45-minute hearing, the Senate Commerce Committee voted 5-0 to support House Bill 540.
For the Mountain View Grand to be reborn, the state of New Hampshire provided valuable help.