Senate Panel Saddles Up for Machine Horse Racing, Not Yet for Online Taxes

The Senate Ways and Means Committee made quick work Monday of a bill to allow historical horse racing under charitable gaming but wants more information on a bill the sponsor said closes a loophole in the rooms and meals tax by taxing online platforms for car rentals and short-term rentals.

Distant Dome: Not the Time To End Mask Mandate

According to tracking done by the New York Times of every state in the country, in New Hampshire, new cases have increased at a rate of 11 percent over the last 14 days, hospitalizations have increased 43 percent and deaths have decreased by 1 percent.

Celebrating the Ability To Float

And I muse joyfully on plans, on skills to be mastered but today I celebrate my little next door neighbor who just learned how to swim.

2 Deaths, 423 New COVID-19 Cases on Friday

The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 423 new positive test results for COVID-19 and two new deaths Friday, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.8%.

4 COVID-19 Deaths, 412 New Cases Wednesday

The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 412 new positive test results for COVID-19 and four deaths Wednesday, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.4%.

Book Report: Solla Sollew and Shorting the Grid

In this 1965 kid-lit epic, the protagonist resolves to shed his everyday troubles by hitching a ride with a passing stranger to the mythical metropolis of Solla Sollew – where, the traveler assures him, “they never have troubles – at least very few.”