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Senate Concerned House May Kill Medicaid Expansion Program
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Senators are concerned the House may not be willing to approve an extended reauthorization of the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
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Senators are concerned the House may not be willing to approve an extended reauthorization of the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
The day after the Senate killed a major bill to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, Gov. Chris Sununu issued a news release Friday saying he supports legalization in the “right way” and outlined a path that could make it happen this session.
The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to allow opioids to be prescribed by telehealth appointment just as the federal health emergency ends.
Whether a “drug-free oasis” or an “island of prohibition,” the Live Free or Die state will not legalize marijuana for adults this session after the state Senate voted to kill House Bill 639 FN-A on a vote of 14-10.
Redistricting issues do not belong before the courts, the state argued Thursday before the state Supreme Court, saying instead the process belongs with the legislature.
Attorney General John Formella sent out a press release Tuesday saying the state paid its first victim the maximum $1.5 million settlement from the $100 million fund set aside for victims of sexual and physical abuse they suffered as children under state custody at the Youth Development Center and other facilities.
The Senate Education Committee Tuesday voted to recommend a bill that would expand the Education Freedom Account program by increasing the income threshold.
The Senate Finance Committee reduced the University System of New Hampshire’s appropriation for the next biennium by $6.4 million in its meeting Tuesday.
None of the bills related to cannabis from legalizing recreational use in adults to allowing people to grow it for therapeutic reasons are going to the Senate with a recommendation to pass.