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A jury found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcycle riders in the 2019 crash, but Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg ruled he is still responsible for the deaths.
Hundreds of people turned out to speak against the House-passed budget saying it harms the state’s most vulnerable including the developmentally disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill and the poor seeking health care.
Protesters kicked off a lengthy public hearing on the state’s budget for the next two years which cuts services, programs and hikes fees throughout state government for the next two years, if passed by the Senate and approved by the governor.
Called an “existential threat” to the state’s $1.4 billion annual timber and forest products industry, state Senators were warned that HB 123 was unfair and would tax lands enrolled in carbon credit programs at least twice.
Another 41 positive test results, as of 9 a.m. on April 8, brings the total number of confirmed cases to 788. Hospitalizations number 118, and nearly 9,000 tests have come back negative.
Sununu was also pressed about a new office that he created to handle federal funds without consulting the five-member council.
I submit that this action of the governor is in violation of New Hampshire’s constitution and laws.
If we don’t believe that we are entitled to health care as a human right, we will never achieve universal health care.
Collectively, NH Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, and the Society for the
Protection of NH Forests own and manage more than 90,000 acres of
conservation land across New Hampshire.
Nathan Noyes replaces Col. Chris Wagner who retired March 2.
A decision no later than April 30 on whether or not to postpone the event until the end of August.
Passover is beginning, and it will be a quiet holiday this year.
To call in to the meeting Wednesday, dial 1-800-356-8278, enter 6 digit code: 125563# at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
There have now been 747 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire.
The Concord DMV is reaching out to customers to reschedule appointments. The Concord DMV will resume appointment only and drop box services on Thursday, April 9.
If they are not yet making the noise where you are, the wood frogs will soon be “quacking” from vernal pools, and the peepers, with their high-pitched call to their mates, are alongside them.
Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
The committee meets at 10 a.m. Friday and can be accessed via telephone at 1-800-356-8278 with an access code of 125563#.
Prosecutors said Volodymyr Zhukovskyy had fentanyl, heroin and a metabolite of cocaine in his system when his truck collided with a group of bikers in Randolph.
Nine new COVID-19-related hospitalizations were reported; thus far, 103 (14%) of the 715 positive cases have been hospitalized.
ACLU-NH and the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers started in mid-March urging prison and jail superintendents to use their authority to release some COVID-19 vulnerable inmates to Administrative Home Confinement or pretrial services when appropriate.
“We look forward to welcoming you back in New Hampshire when this public crisis is abated.”
But far more importantly, even 621 “official cases” reported by NH DHHS means that community transmission is happening across NH and that the number of “true” COVID cases in NH may be 10x (6,210 people) to 100x (62,100 people).
Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that officials are responding to an officer-involved shooting incident on Lake Shore Road, in Manchester, New Hampshire.