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If Only There Were a Statue of Nixon
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We have been through so much lately. Time to check in with our friend Chloe Schlagobers, political correspondent for the New York [Bleep].
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
A measure to impose a moratorium on creating any new carbon sequestration forest farms in the state and the formation of a study committee on the impacts to the municipal timber tax revenue is more likely to pass into law after Littleton Republican Sen. David Rochefort got his colleagues to include it in a non-related parental rights bill.
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
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.
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NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hope Makris, Matriarch of the NASWA Resort Family
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Vacation Memories of a Certain Mark Spitz Speedo
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But today I’d like to take you on a vacation from both the 60s and 70s – both involving my brother, John Dromey.
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Emmett Soldati: ‘Pride calls on us to pass the microphone’
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“For example when I opened Teatotaller, I was told it wouldn’t last a year.”
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Opinion: Councilor Pignatelli ‘Setting the Record Straight’
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“The governor is playing politics with important appointments to state agencies and boards.”
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8 New COVID-19 Deaths, 34 More Cases Friday
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The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19 Friday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
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Law Enforcement Dominates Police Accountability Panel’s Second Meeting
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Featuring presentations on state and local police training and standards, the Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community, and Transparency met for its second meeting on Friday.
Courts & Corrections
Issues Cited In Last Year’s Police Standards Audit Still Unresolved
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The New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council is still trying to resolve outstanding issues found in last year’s audit, including the lack of full psychological screening of potential police officers.
COVID-19
10 New COVID-19 Deaths, 40 More Cases: NH Data
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The state Department of Health and Human Services announced ten additional deaths related to COVID-19 on Thursday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
COVID-19
Senate Panel Approves COVID-Induced Voting Changes
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Voting will be different this year with the coronavirus pandemic and state officials are taking steps to protect the health of voters and election workers.
Gerrymandering Takes a Narrow Hit at Senate Committee
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An independent commission to redraw the state’s political boundaries was supported at a Senate committee meeting Thursday.
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Defense Blasts AG, Seeks Dismissal in Farmington Double Homicide Case
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Timothy Verrill’s defense blasted the state Attorney General’s Office Thursday for not only failing to turn over voluminous evidence before his double homicide trial ended in mistrial last fall, but also for failing to examine past homicide cases to determine what went wrong beyond blaming “everybody else.”
COVID-19; Dean Kamen; U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen; Lori Shibinette
NASCAR’s A Go in Loudon, Bike Week In Doubt, Hotels at Full Capacity: Sununu
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As unemployment compensation requests continued to drop along with COVID-19 cases here, Gov. Chris Sununu announced that hotels can open to full capacity as of Monday and a new fund is being established to help provide financial relief for the self-employed.
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NH Police Need More Diversity Training, Says Standards Director
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Two hours of diversity training for each police recruit is not enough and should be an ongoing theme throughout officer instruction, John Scippa the director of NH Police Standards and Training told a new police accountability commission on Thursday.
InDepthNH.org Won’t Apply for Government Nonprofit Fund
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We will not apply to the Governor’s Fund for any of the $60 million CARES Act money earmarked for nonprofit organizations.
COVID-19
4 New COVID-19 Deaths, 27 New Cases
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They include a man and a woman from Hillsborough County, both older than 60, and two men from Rockingham County, both older than 60.
red flag bill
Senate Panel Backs ‘Red Flag’ Gun Confiscation Bill Along Party Lines
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Down party lines and after three hours of testimony, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill supporters say will help prevent suicide, but opponents contend tramples fundamental constitutional rights.
Race Drives Council Meeting Over Nominations of Edwards, Terrell
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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said he is holding out hope for reconsideration for his nominee Ryan Terrell to the state Board of Education, while Executive Councilor Debora Pignatelli lashed out over a letter of withdrawal from another of the governor’s nominees of color, Eddie Edwards, saying she is not a racist.
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4 New COVID-19 Deaths, 15 New Cases Tuesday
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The deceased include three men and one woman, all older than 60 from Hillsborough County.
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Sununu: $18M for Youth, Substance Abuse, Veterans and More Vetoes Likely
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The briefing touched on a wide range of issues from Eddie Edwards’s withdrawing his name from nomination as director of the board of licensure and certification to Hampton Beach trash to vetoing legislation that the House and Senate are still working to finalize.
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Author Terry Farish Joins InDepthNH.org’s Writing Team
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Terry Farish loves telling stories about people, the kind of stories that others might overlook or not see at all.