Courts & Corrections
AG: Elderly Littleton Man Shot Wife To Death, Then Killed Himself
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Clarence W. Sleeper, age 85, and Gertrude H. Sleeper, age 84, were found dead following a welfare check at their 18 Hilltop Manor, Littleton on Tuesday.
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
Education
Volinsky Questions State Employee Negotiations and Seeks Edelblut’s Ouster
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In a busy agenda, Sununu also nominated Lori Shibinette as Health and Human Services Commissioner and Lori Harnois to head the Division of Travel and Tourism.
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Sen. Watters Slams Sununu’s Opposition to Cutting Transportation Emissions
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Sen. Watters also released legislation he has filed regarding the Transportation and Climate Initiative, LSR 2777, an act establishing a commission to evaluate the transportation climate initiative framework for a draft memorandum of understanding and associated modeling and scenarios.
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Housing Shortage
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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.
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DHHS Report on Overdoses at Youth Treatment Center Criticized
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In two days, Nov. 24 and 25, five of the 10 patients were taken to hospitals for suspected drug overdoses, one a suspected suicide attempt. And another youth was accused of assaulting two other patients during the same time period. On Dec. 2, the last youth at the facility was taken to the hospital after ingesting hand sanitizer, the report said.
Courts & Corrections
Few Details as AG Investigates ‘Suspicious Deaths’ in Littleton
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Attorney General Gordon MacDonald doesn’t say how many deaths are being investigated in Littleton.
Health & Mental Health
Sununu to Nominate Shibinette to Head Health and Human Services
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Lori Shibinette is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of New Hampshire Hospital.
Business & Economy
Update: Regional Clean Transportation Plan Released; Sununu Says NH Won’t Participate
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On Tuesday, a draft transportation climate plan was released by the Transportation Climate Initiative or TCI, which for the past year has had states in the region studying ways to reduce greenhouse emissions through cleaner fuel and modes of transport.
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Opinion: Disagrees With Column About NH Electric Rates
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After reading NH’s Consumer Advocate Don Kreis’ recent piece addressing New Hampshire electricity rates I was compelled to correct the record on several critical factors omitted from his essay.
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UNH Research: Migration, Young Voters May Change NH’s Political Landscape
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They report that more than 20 percent of potential voters in the 2020 New Hampshire primary were either not old enough to vote in 2016 or resided somewhere other than New Hampshire.
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Opinion: Ed. Commissioner Says ‘We’re not giving up on charter schools’
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We will confer with Washington to preserve the availability of these funds. We will work with the Legislature to authorize acceptance of this grant.
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NH’s Charter Schools and the Mudslinging Politics To Come
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So, on one hand the state is giving school districts, especially poor districts, more state money, and on the other, taking it away if some of their students leave for charter schools.
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Davidow’s Latest Novel Dives Deeply Into Issues of Faith
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Now that Michael Davidow has finished his latest novel, he plans to start writing commentary again. Look for his column Radio Free New Hampshire to return to InDepthNH.org starting in the new year.
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Lost Friends, Popcorn, And Christmas Connections
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Earlier this week I met a four-year-old boy who, when I asked what he did for work, told me his job was “to plug in the Christmas tree.”
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Omar Visit
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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.
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Future Unclear After Fiscal Panel Rejects Part of $46 Million Charter School Grant
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A grant that would have meant $46 million in federal funds to help create new public charter schools across the state was in limbo Friday after the Democratically controlled majority of the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee voted to reject the first round of $10 million.
Courts & Corrections
Sununu Announces New Leadership on Adult Parole Board
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Outgoing Chairman Donna Sytek will stay on the Adult Parole Board as a member.
Business & Economy
NH People Demand Candidates Share Plans to Lower Risks of Nuclear War
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Three hundred forty New Hampshire residents have signed petitions, organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), asking all the presidential candidates to share their plans for reducing the risks of a nuclear war. UCS will send the petitions to the candidates today.
Business & Economy
Boxed In: Dollar Tree Cited for Job Safety Violations at Dozens of Stores
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The hazards can be traced to the same basic problem: truckloads of boxes that are shipped to Dollar Tree stores based on sales data, whether or not employees have anywhere to put them.
Courts & Corrections
Grandson Accused in Death of Sandown Woman, 88
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The female has been identified as Aline Irish, age 88.