News
House Panel Makes No Recommendation on Granite Advantage Sunset Date
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There will be no committee recommendation to the House on the length of time for extending the Granite Advantage expanded Medicaid Program.
No Optimism From April Revenues for Budget Writers
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The long awaited April state revenues will not provide any optimism for Senate budget writers as they begin the grueling process of making spending fit the available money without tax increases the Republican leadership has already taken off the table.
Landowners Worry State Could Impose New Tax On New Form of Income: Carbon Capture
Landowners who enroll their properties in carbon capture markets are closely watching a bill that comes up for a hearing in the Senate next Tuesday, which would tax the growth of timber.
Moving Exhibit at State House Honors 50th Anniversary of the End of Vietnam War
In the State House Hall of Flags is a small and moving exhibit produced by Ashley Miller, state archivist to commemorate the 50th Anniversary to the end of the Vietnam War.
Public Schools’ Special Education Programs Under Spotlight
The Legislative Performance Audit Oversight Committee wants to look at how local public schools are handling their special education programs.
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Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Concord Community Leader John Swope
Liquor Commission Scraps RFP Process for Hampton I-95 Welcome Centers
Hundreds Gathered May 1 in Concord and around NH To Stand with Immigrants, Workers
Courts & Corrections
AG: One YDC Victim Got Maximum $1.5M, But Lawyers for 1,100 Others Call It Too Low
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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.
Education
Senate Committee Backs Expanding EFA Program
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The Senate Education Committee Tuesday voted to recommend a bill that would expand the Education Freedom Account program by increasing the income threshold.
Education
Senate Finance Committee Trims Higher Education Program in Budget
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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.
News
Senate Judiciary Passes on Pot, Thursday Is The Big Vote on Weed
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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.
Feature
Op-Ed: Fish and Game Management of Some NH Predators Doesn’t Measure Up
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The Department’s management of New Hampshire ‘s iconic predators, e.g., fox, fisher, coyote, etc. does not measure up to a modern understanding of their significant value to NH’s ecosystems.
Health & Mental Health
Health Care, Business Leaders Urge House to Pass Permanent Medicaid Expansion
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– Healthcare, business, and elder affairs leaders across the state spoke strongly in favor of a permanent expanded Medicaid program without a sunset clause saying it will save the state money in the end and help with better health outcomes for residents.
Arts and Entertainment
The Tests for Love – Alaska Style.
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KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA: How do you find the one person who gets you, elevates you, challenges you, and with whom you want to make a life? My person was a guy from New Jersey who I met in Florida after abandoning Ohio.
Health & Mental Health
Pilot Program Partnership To Provide Cancer Screenings for Manchester Firefighters
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Dartmouth Health announced at a news event on Monday, May 8, at Manchester Fire’s Station 8 on East Industrial Park Drive a partnership with the Manchester Fire Department and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire to screen eligible firefighters for cancer.
Education
Shaheen Meets With Bedford Students About Youth Mental Health
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Earlier in the day, Shaheen delivered remarks at the 2023 Keeping History Above Water Conference in Portsmouth.
Courts & Corrections
DeVincent Honored With U.S. Attorney Director’s Award
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Philip A. DeVincent, the Administrative Officer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was honored in Washington D.C. with a Director’s Award for his service to the District of New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Courts & Corrections
NHPR Asks Judge To Deny Spofford’s Motion For Recorded Interviews in Defamation Case
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Rockingham Superior Court Judge Daniel I. St. Hilaire dismissed Eric Spofford’s lawsuit on April 17, but gave him 30 days to amend his complaint to focus on allegations of actual malice on the part of NHPR.
Education
DOE, Board of Ed Fail To Publicize Listening Sessions on School Standards
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As New Hampshire’s State Board of Education reviews the 306 Administrative Rules, which set the minimum standards for public school approval, public education advocates have taken to spreading the word about public listening sessions in the absence of any publicly available information from the Department of Education and the State Board of Education.
Feature
Distant Dome: History Is Not Always Comfortable
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For example, two communities claim to be the birthplace of the Republican Party, Exeter, New Hampshire and Ripon, Wisconsin.
Health & Mental Health
DHHS: Recall of lef Farms Packaged Salad Greens Sold at Market Basket and Hannaford Stores
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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is advising consumers not to consume a specific lot (lot number SP10723-1RGH1) of the lef Farms “Spice” Packaged Salad Greens (“best by” date 5/5/23), produced in its Loudon, New Hampshire greenhouse, as they have the potential to be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157 bacteria.
May Day Celebration Saturday in Manchester
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May Day celebration will be Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Veterans Park in Manchester at 3 PM. Local organizers and activists will be celebrating the legacy of May Day and amplifying the demands of workers across the state for fair wages, healthcare, and other necessities, as well as highlighting the connections between the labor movement and all other movements for justice.
Courts & Corrections
Manchester Man Found Guilty in Stabbing of 3 Police Officers
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Akwasi Owusu of Manchester was found guilty of attempted murder and two counts of 1st degree assault for stabbing three Manchester police officers who were attempting to arrest him on Feb. 4, 2020 when he was 18 years old.
Courts & Corrections
Judge Questions AG’s Conflict at Heart of YDC Abuse Cases
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As officials with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and the New Hampshire State Police are being called to give depositions in the Sununu Youth Services Center abuse case, the judge assigned to the civil lawsuits is questioning the role of the state’s top law enforcement agency.
News
Shaheen Joins Letter Calling for Increased Humanitarian Assistance for Sudan
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U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter with a group of Senators to the Biden administration formally requesting that they offer all available support for humanitarian efforts in Sudan, as violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues for a third week.
Feature
The Ghost of Ayn Rand as a Climate Activist?
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Remember the time a famous architect secretly designed a public housing project, and then blew the place up because the complex was not built to his specifications?