Courts & Corrections
Man Arrested After Police Find Children Surrounded by Uncapped Needles
|
On Feb. 10 at approximately 5:10 a.m., Manchester Police were dispatched to 141 West St. for a report of a child needing medical attention.
Reports: NH 50th for State Public Education Funding; Lack of Professional Respect
|
Four new reports examining educator pay and school funding from pre-K through college reveal that despite growth in educator pay last year, chronic problems plague educators, including low wages and a lack of professional respect.
Health Care Cuts in House Budget Get Second Look in Senate Finance
From newborn health checks to providing care for the elderly at the Glencliff Home, to a potential loss of the state’s 50-year old family planning program, impacts of a House proposed budget got a Senate Finance hearing Monday.
Ritzo’s Law License Indefinitely Suspended, Gets Loan To Pay Salvation Army
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office told InDepthNH.org that Ritzo settled the complaint brought by the Charitable Trust Unit last year, agreeing to pay $50,000 to the state.
Joyful Musings: Yay, Here Comes May
Happy end o’ March and April, Joyful Musers. And as my 62nd year is arriving soon, I’m going to share with you 62 things that I joyfully muse upon in this life.
More Headlines
‘I came to love jazz through Gene Krupa’
Editorial: Don’t Let Trump Kill News and Democracy
Distant Dome: April Revenues Will Signal Where Senate Budget Is Headed
Business & Economy
Vail’s Handling of State-Owned Mount Sunapee Stirs Lots of Complaints
|
Gov. Chris Sununu said his administration is working with Vail Corporation to produce a better customer experience at state-owned Mount Sunapee.
CVS
Candy Is Better On Sale, Aged Like Cheese
|
Today I muse joyfully on the half price Valentine candy sales that are sure to take place Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of this week.
Uncategorized
Don’t Believe All the Budget Spin
|
State (Republican) politicians were falling over each other last week to seize credit for revenue projections for the biennium showing a $283.8 million surplus.
Uncategorized
Talking Black Heritage and What’s Happening Today in N.H.
|
One New Hampshire activist thinks that the state could be a better place for Black Americans. Another leader points out some of the gains that have been accomplished as well as the year long celebrations and conversations that take place in New Hampshire.
Feature
Roger Wood On the Woes of N.H. Dairy Farms
|
Podcast producer Roger Wood talked with Ed Maltby. He is a dairy farmer, and executive director of the Northeast organic dairy producers association.
COVID
State Reports 6 New COVID-19 Deaths, 1,113 New Cases, 174 Hospitalizations Friday
|
There have been a total of 288,191 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Courts & Corrections
Canaan Pays $160,000 To Settle Police Brutality Lawsuit
|
The woman who sued Canaan after she says she was assaulted and injured by former town police officer Samuel Provenza during a traffic stop is getting $160,000 to settle the case.
abortion
Reproductive Rights Need Protecting Now, Committee Told
|
One bill, CACR 18, is a proposed constitutional amendment to protect reproductive rights, both to terminate and to have a baby, and House Bill 1674 would enshrine abortion rights in state law as other New England states have done.
Uncategorized
4 New COVID-19 Deaths, 1,150 New Cases, 175 Hospitalizations Thursday
|
There are currently 175 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 287,020 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
abortion
Emotional Testimony On Bill To Repeal State’s New Abortion Law
|
CONCORD – An effort to repeal the state’s new 24-week fetal protection law came to an emotional head at a legislative hearing, Thursday with personal testimony given by women on both sides of the issue of abortion and from the medical community that it will likely lead to a loss of those providing care in the Granite State if allowed to stand.
Uncategorized
Ex-Pro Football Player Sentenced to Probation in Drug Case
|
Jeffrey Paul Hatch, 42, of Savannah, Georgia, formerly of Manchester, was sentenced to three years of probation for using a telephone to facilitate drug trafficking, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
Arnie Alpert
Op-Ed: Don’t Mess with NH’s Manufactured Housing Co-Ops
|
At a time when the state’s lack of affordable housing has become apparent to just about everyone, the Senate is considering a bill that would cripple one of the state’s most successful models for preserving housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families.
COVID
COVID Is ‘Trending in the Right Direction,’ Sununu Says
|
With COVID-19 hospitalization rates in New Hampshire and Vermont among the lowest in the nation, Gov. Chris Sununu talked up positive data trends Wednesday in his weekly news conference.
Uncategorized
State: 14 New COVID-19 Deaths Wednesday, Outbreaks By Institution Name
|
There are currently 181 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 285,863 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
abortion
Opposition Turns Out Against Abortion Restriction Bills
|
Two bills seeking to significantly change access to abortion services drew mostly opposition during public hearings Wednesday.
Uncategorized
Catholic Medical Center Agrees To Pay $3.8M For Kickback-Related False Claims
|
According to the settlement agreement, the United States asserted that CMC, a hospital in Manchester, paid its own cardiologists to cover for, and to be available to provide medical services for, another cardiologist’s patients when she was on vacation or otherwise unavailable.
COVID
Bill To Prohibit Vaccinations As Condition Of Employment Faces Opposition
|
A bill offered by Republican senators that would prohibit the requirement of COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, education, access to businesses, and/or public venues received a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Donald M. Kreis
Secret Pole Deal Looms at the PUC
|
As with any deals of this magnitude, there are a few sticky details. For one thing, you don’t actually get 175,393 pieces of wood – you’ll take title to 3,844 of them, along with a 50 percent interest in 343,098 others. The other half belongs to Eversource.
Uncategorized
State: 10 New COVID-19 Deaths, 468 Cases, 185 Hospitalizations Tuesday
|
There are currently 185 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 284,567 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.