COVID-19
Low-Income Residents May Be Last To Lose Power
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CONCORD — The state’s electric utilities have a conceptual agreement not to disconnect low-income customers unable to pay their bills until next spring.
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
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The House made it more difficult to vote by absentee ballot passing several bills that will require more information to vote in absentia Thursday.
Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House
The House once again voted to expand the Education Freedom Account program, opening it to any New Hampshire child regardless of his or her parents’ income.
NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Refusing to bend to any of the amendments brought by Democrats, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a $15.7 billion budget Thursday which is bound to head to negotiations with the House of Representatives.
Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
Two identical parental rights bills are headed to the governor for her expected signature after votes in the House and Senate Thursday.
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Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hope Makris, Matriarch of the NASWA Resort Family
Sen. Shaheen Denies Having Husband Removed from Government Travel Watch List
N.H. Supreme Court Upholds State Rep Districts
Education
Sununu’s ‘Flexible’ School Plan Doesn’t Mandate Re-Opening or Wearing Masks
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Schools bells may or may not ring across the state this fall as a new school guidance for kindergarten through grade 12 public schools was unrolled on Tuesday featuring “flexibility” at its heart, Gov. Chris Sununu said at his regular news conference.
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Retired Bartlett Chief To Police Accountability Panel: Improve Recruiting Process
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Eliminate the 200-hour part-time police officer training and establish new recruitment processes to address the critical need for diversity were among recommendations made to the Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency on Tuesday.
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BackToSchool
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
COVID-19
No New Deaths Second Day in a Row From COVID-19 Monday
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The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 16 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths on Monday.
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Concerns Mount About Sununu’s Police Accountability Panel
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Almost a month into testimony, some citizens question whether the Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Transparency and Community can finish its work in the 45 days allotted and others ask whether everyone is getting the chance to be heard on the remote calls.
COVID-19
Battle Over COVID-19 Spending Reaches Final Stretch
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Final legal arguments in a lawsuit over who has the “power of the purse” were filed late Friday in a court case pitting Democratic lawmakers against Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.
Health & Mental Health
31 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 of Them Children
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CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 31 new positive test results for COVID-19.
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Claremont Asks Court Whether To Release Councilor Stone’s Police Files
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Claremont isn’t sure if it is legally obligated to release the internal affairs investigation files on former Claremont Police Officer Jon Stone and the city is now heading to court seeking clarification.
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Sununu’s Veto Pen Likely To See Even More Action This Week
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As if this silent menace were not enough, we are in the midst of the strangest presidential election in our lifetime if not the country’s history.
COVID-19
1 New COVID-19 Death, 33 More Cases Saturday
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The state Department of Health and Human Services announced one additional death related to COVID-19 on Saturday, a woman from Hillsborough County who was 60 years of age and older.
Feature
Sister Tells Healing Story of Vietnam Veteran in ‘A Wartime PH.D’
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In very large Irish Catholic families, the older brothers and sisters are often like the spices I have in my cabinet; I know cardamom and nutmeg are there but I don’t often think of them, rarely use them.
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Radical Centrist Podcast: Peter Fritzsche, Author of ‘Hitler’s First Hundred Days’
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Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich and the lessons we can learn from history are the focus of Wayne D. King’s interview with award-winning author Peter Fritzsche.
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Plutocracy and the Drift from Democracy
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Members of the Lincoln Project, out to save the Republican Party from Trumpism, should look deeper than the current president’s failings, too numerous to count.
COVID-19
3 New COVID-19 Deaths, 18 More Cases on Friday
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The state Department of Health and Human Services announced three additional deaths related to COVID-19 on Friday.
Business & Economy
Sununu Vetoes Family Leave, Voting Rights and Housing Protection
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As expected, Gov. Chris Sununu on Friday vetoed a paid family and medical leave bill approved by lawmakers this year.
COVID-19
FamLeaveVeto
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Education
Judge Approves Settlement in Dartmouth College Sex Harassment Lawsuit
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A federal judge gave final approval on Friday to the $14 million settlement in the Dartmouth College sexual harassment class action lawsuit.
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Budgetary Relief Comes for State and Municipalities
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The state, cities and towns will now be able to use federal CARES Act money to match Federal Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 spending.
Education
Federal Charter School Start-Up Grant Derailed Again
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The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee again refused to accept a federal grant for charter school start-up money.