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Major Sticking Points as Deadline Looms: Ed. Funding, Capital Gains Tax
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It’s about the budget as the House and Senate negotiators try to breach their differences on 35 bills before Thursday’s deadline.
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It’s about the budget as the House and Senate negotiators try to breach their differences on 35 bills before Thursday’s deadline.
The House sent more than 50 bills to the governor Thursday including an independent redistricting commission by agreeing to Senate changes to House bills.
There will be no immediate infusion of $3.5 million for those who are seeking treatment and counseling for substance misuse disorder.
Gov. Sununu: “I continue to have concerns with the Senate’s budget. Namely, the income tax, the increase to business taxes, and the $76M structural deficit.”
The debate on the budget drew stark lines between Democrats and Republicans as they came to loggerheads over two keys to the proposed budget, paid family and medical leave and business tax rates, amid threats of a gubernatorial veto.
Here’s what’s on tap for upcoming 2020 presidential candidate visits to New Hampshire in the coming weeks.
CONCORD — The Senate undid Thursday what the last legislature did to limit voting rights in approving several bills on election laws.
Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier said Gov. Sununu is walking a political tightrope as a result of Cheshire Superior Court Judge David Ruoff’s order.
On Thursday, Governor Sununu signed both HB 572, an act proclaiming the second Saturday in June as Pollyanna of Littleton New Hampshire Recognition Day, and HB 642, an act defining specialty cider, into law.