NH State House InDepth

CONCORD – InDepthNH.org showcases our expanded coverage of the State House with veteran journalist Garry Rayno at the helm. State House InDepthkeeps you posted on stories that matter to you and highlights the happenings beneath the gold dome you need to know about. Rayno writes his weekly Distant Dome column and reporters Nancy West, Evan Lips, Gail Ober, Tony Marquis and Rachael Brown complete our team coverage.

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Lawmakers Move To Bigger Digs, But Budget Deficit Follows

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 17, 2020

What has not been addressed to date, but has to be very soon, is what to do about the state’s $6.4 billion fiscal 2019-2020 operating budget ending June 30.

Courts & Corrections

Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Sununu’s Power To Spend COVID-19 Funds

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | April 22, 2020

Sununu asked the court to dismiss the suit filed last week and Judge David Anderson agreed with the governor’s attorney’s argument that a 2014 state Supreme Court decision requires actual, not hypothetical harm to exist before the four lawmakers could proceed with the suit.

Courts & Corrections

Governor and Legislators Argue Power of the COVID-19 Purse

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | April 20, 2020

Democratic legislative leaders are seeking a preliminary injunction to block Republican Gov. Chris Sununu from spending unappropriated federal and state money to combat the COVID-19 epidemic without legislative oversight.

Business & Economy

Protesters Plan Second Rally Against Sununu’s Stay-at-Home Order

By Nancy West | April 19, 2020

Former state Rep. J.R. Hoell, a Republican from Dunbarton and an organizer of #ReopenNH, said plans are underway to hold another rally soon.

COVID-19

State House Protesters Want Stay-at-Home Order Lifted

By MARIA HEETER, InDepthNH.org | April 18, 2020

Protesters stood tightly packed in a large group and held signs reading “Live Free or Die in Lockdown,” “Don’t Quarantine the Economy” and “Freedom Trumps the Commie Virus.”

Energy

Eversource Slams the Virtual Door

By D. Maurice Kreis, NH Consumer Advocate | April 17, 2020

Oh, and did I mention operating costs? Here’s just a snippet. Eversource wants you to pay for millions and millions of bonuses paid to retiring executives.

COVID-19

Squabble Over Spending COVID-19 Funds Moves To Court

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | April 13, 2020

The legislature and Sununu clashed last week after he announced the creation of the Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR) to determine how to spend $1.25 billion in federal money the state is slated to receive through the federal $2.2 trillion CARES Act approved last month.