Feature
Buyer Beware, Electricity Customers!
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Circle February 1 on your calendar if you are an electricity customer in New Hampshire. The price of electricity is changing and many Granite Staters risk losing out on the best possible price. Beware!
Emotions Deep at Hearing on ‘End of Life Freedom Act’
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Call it what you will, the possibility of legalizing assisted suicide still brings out the emotions on both sides of the issue as it did Wednesday for House Bill 254, which is called The New Hampshire End of Life Freedom Act.
Fired Nottingham Fire Chief Files Defamation Lawsuit
Former Fire Chief Jaye Vilchock is accusing two Nottingham firefighters of conspiring to create false accusations of racism in order to get him terminated.
Immigrant Rights Network Denounces NH Delegation Votes on H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act
Votes and general support for the legislation came from all members of the New Hampshire federal delegation: Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan, Congressman Pappas, and Congresswoman Goodlander.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Order Pausing Federal Grants and Loans; NH Reacts
Reaction in New Hampshire was swift Tuesday to President Trump’s decision to suddenly pause federal grants and loans by 5 p.m. today, although a federal judge has stepped in to temporarily block the order promising a full decision by Monday.
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Emotional Testimony on Proposed Military Exemption to Underage Marriage Law
Open Enrollment Needs to Be Done Right Not Rushed, Committee Told
Right-to-Work Bill Passes NH House Committee by One Vote
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Home Educator Opposes Education Freedom Account Program
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As a New Hampshire citizen/taxpayer, and as a past home education parent who did not seek or receive any voucher, tax credit, or other taxpayer funding during our homeschool years, I find the ongoing debate about expansion of New Hampshire’s EFA (Education Freedom Account) program particularly fun to follow.
Courts & Corrections
Chief Justice Denies Telling Hantz Marconi It Was OK To Meet With Sununu About Husband’s Investigation
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State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald says he never spoke with Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi about whether she should meet with then-Gov. Chris Sununu about a criminal investigation involving her husband, Geno Marconi, the state director of the Division of Ports and Harbors.
Business & Economy
New Hampshire Not Alone in Potential Budget Shortfall
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New Hampshire is not alone in facing budget cuts, increased taxes or tapping its rainy day fund in the next few years to balance its financial books.
News
Fatal Crashes Prompt Lawmaker To Introduce Bill To Increase Speeding Fines
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Two fatal crashes have been reported in as many days on state roads after a year that saw markedly increased deaths among those under the age of 21.
Education
Lawmakers Seek Education Freedom Account Expansion
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Under a cloud of shrinking state revenues some lawmakers are proposing a bill that could add $102 million or more a year in state spending.
Courts & Corrections
Sununu, Duprey Told Investigators Hantz Marconi Didn’t Seek Favors: Court Filing
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State Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi’s lawyer says the attorney general’s investigation shows neither Gov. Chris Sununu nor Steve Duprey believed she was asking for favors during the separate conversations with them that led to her being indicted.
News
Tourism Hopeful as Winter Weather Cooperates for Upcoming MLK Weekend
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With one important holiday period down and another coming up this weekend, the state’s ski industry is looking in solid shape, while the cross country areas could use a bit more snow and the snowmobile trails, with the exception of some in the Great North Woods, are still primarily not opened or groomed and hoping for snow.
Courts & Corrections
Records: Ex-Police Chief Set To Plead To Stealing Wages
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Ahead of his trial on charges he stole wages from the town of Richmond, former Police Chief Andrew Wood filed paperwork that he plans to plead guilty.
News
Marine Patrol Believes Woman Fell Through Ice and Drowned
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Authorities recover body of woman on Sunday who drowned after falling through the ice in Hampstead. on Saturday.
Op-Ed
Distant Dome: Lawmakers Increasingly Trying to Upend Local Control
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But in recent years, the New Hampshire legislature has been attempting what was once the unthinkable in our Granite State, trying to upend once precious “local control.”
Business & Economy
Ayotte, GOP Govs Back Trump’s ‘Government Efficiency’ Plan Drawing Criticism From Dems
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte is among 26 Republican governors backing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed federal Department of Government Efficiency initiative.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hanover Woman ‘Broke the Sound Barrier’
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Courts & Corrections
NH Supreme Court Rules AG Violated Neo-Nazi’s Free Speech
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The constitution even applies to neo-Nazis, like the ones in NCS-131.
News
Pictorial: The Inauguration of Kelly Ayotte as Governor
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Thursday was a day of new beginnings at the State House when leaders past, present and possibly future gathered at the State House, warm from the bitter cold and blowing snow outside, for the inauguration of the first female Republican governor of the state and the first new governor in eight years.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It is time for term limits
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There has never been a better example of the need for term limits than demonstrated recently in the mud wrestling over the federal budget.
News
Executive Council Sworn In With Two New Members
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The state’s five-member Executive Council was sworn in to office Thursday with two new members and a new Governor at the head of the table.
Health & Mental Health
Kelly Ayotte Sworn In as 83rd NH Governor Promises To Work For All Citizens
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte was sworn in as the 83rd governor of New Hampshire Thursday and said she will be a governor for all citizens.
Health & Mental Health
Manchester Establishes Warming Station Through Feb. 25
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The City of Manchester has established a Warming Station at Homeless Services, 39 Beech St.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Designation of the Frances Perkins Monument in Newcastle, Maine
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My former Sunday School students will recognize the name of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve as a member of a presidential cabinet. It’s important to know about her and what she accomplished, and helped FDR accomplish.