New Hearings Set For Northern Pass Motions for Rehearing
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State regulators will hold deliberative hearings on motions for rehearing their denial of the Northern Pass Transmission project on May 24 and June 4 if necessary.
Potential School Book Ban Headed to the Governor
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After a nearly one-hour debate, the Senate Thursday voted along party lines to approve a bill that sets up the process to ban books and other “inappropriate materials” from public schools.
Bills Banning Sanctuary Cities Head to Gov.; Ending Annual Inspections a No Go
A bill banning sanctuary cities in New Hampshire and one that requires law enforcement agencies to comply with immigration detainers are headed to the governor’s desk after they passed the Senate Thursday.
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Nonprofit Questions NRC About Trump Executive Orders, Cracking Concrete at Seabrook
Members of the public and the nonprofit organization C-10 Research and Education Foundation questioned the NRC engineers about whether a series of executive orders from President Trump will impair the agency’s ability to continue protecting the health and safety of the 175,000 people who live within a 10-mile radius of the reactor – the “evacuation zone.”
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Rep. Sweeney Warns It’s Time for UNH Police To Work With ICE
What Do You Think About Frisbie Memorial Hospital Since Bought by HCA?
Q&A for the OCA on Electric Rates
Distant Dome
Lawmakers Mull Adding New Payers To Medicaid Enhancement Tax Rolls
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For nearly 39 years, hospitals’ uncompensated care has been the gift that keeps on giving. From the early 1990’s to today, the ebb and flow between hospitals and lawmakers has ranged from kumbaya moments to volcanic eruptions over uncompensated care.
Newmarket’s ‘Prominence’ Helps Teens Find Free Gowns For Prom
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NEWMARKET – Kat Murphy is busy trying to find homes for 200 evening gowns that she hopes will make it to a prom somewhere soon.
Courts & Corrections
‘Just visiting,’ a Workshop on Jail Volunteering Will Be April 28 in Concord
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How do you volunteer at a house of corrections? What are the risks in helping prisoners keep their sanity and religious faith? What do you say to immigrants fighting deportation in a county jail? Why are people of color far more likely to go to jail than whites?
Business & Economy
What’s Happening Monday in NH Legislature
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House Bill 1313 at 1 p.m. in State House Room 100 relative to prohibitions on carrying a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile and other bills.
Education
Transgender Rights Advocates To Rally Monday Outside State House Before Hearing
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HB 1319 will get a Senate hearing in the Judiciary Committee on Monday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m. in State House Room 100. HB 1319 would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.
Business & Economy
Animal Tourism is an Opportunity to Go Wild—If We Remain Attentive
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In total, wildlife tourism accounts for an estimated twenty to forty percent of the total one trillion dollars expended annually by travelers and the services that
accommodate them.
Decoupling: Not Just for Unhappy Spouses, But Utilities, Too
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So if you were looking to pay someone to promote the benefits of replacing beef with brussels sprouts, Five Guys would not be on your short list. And, yet, when it comes to ratepayer-funded energy efficiency, we’re doing the equivalent of paying Five Guys to persuade people to eat fewer hamburgers.
Business & Economy
OPINION: Former House Speak O’Brien Opposes Biomass Plant Subsidies
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Free markets, driven forward by open competition and unconstrained by burdensome regulations, have always been the surest route to prosperity.
Feature
SDH’s Favorite Four Letter Word Is ….
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Every year I gather clothes I no longer enjoy from my own closet, grab a coffee and head to this event midspring. I’m never disappointed. And I love this event, not only because I always meet and laugh with friends, I love that I get to go shopping without a wallet, without an agenda, without sales clerks, without any overhead.
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NH Convicted Child Killer Dale Loses Federal Appeal, Files Another in 1st Circuit Court
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Jim Dale has lost his latest case in U.S. District Court, but plans to further appeal his second-degree murder conviction for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Hopkinton more than 20 years ago.
Jury Adds $80M Punitive Damages; Totals $117M Against Johnson & Johnson, Imerys
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A New Jersey jury On Wednesday ordered Johnson & Johnson and its main talc supplier to pay $80 million in punitive damages to a mesothelioma victim who claimed he contracted the asbestos-related cancer from years of using Johnson’s baby powder.
Education
Plymouth Meets Manchester Central In Granite State Challenge Saturday
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Tune in to NHPBS Saturday, April 14 at 6 pm as Plymouth Regional High School takes on Manchester Central High School in the quarterfinals of Granite State Challenge.
Smug NYT Should Give John Kasich His Due
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I’m usually pleased when the New York Times uses one of my ideas, but not when they mess it up like they did last week, writing about Governor John Kasich’s recent visit to our state. Ohio’s chief executive came here to drum up support for a possible run in 2020.
Trump’s Company Is Suing Towns Across the Country to Get Breaks on Taxes — ‘Trump, Inc.’ Podcast
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Why is Trump’s business arguing its properties are worth just a fraction of what Trump has claimed they are on his own financial disclosures? To save on taxes.
Berlin Mayor Makes Case for Burgess BioPower Subsidies at Concord Hearing
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CONCORD – Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier made his case for ongoing subsidies for Burgess BioPower plant on Wednesday testifying in favor of Senate Bill 577 before a House committee.
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UPDATED: House To Vote on Alternate Right-To-Know Grievance Process
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UPDATE: SB 555 has been passed by the House of Representatives. As there is a Fiscal Note on this bill, the bill now goes to the committee on Finance. This bill creates a low cost, speedy, credible, and impartial Right to Know (RSA 91-A) grievance resolution process for all parties.
Podcast: Hassan Questions Zuckerberg On Time Spent on Social Media, Opting Out of Ads
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Roger Wood Podcast: Democrat Hassan took Mark Zuckerberg to the proverbial woodshed as the CEO of Facebook testified on Tuesday.
NH Sen. Hassan Questions Facebook CEO Zuckerberg
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Senator Hassan pressed Mr. Zuckerberg on Facebook’s business model, which as the Senator said, relies on two potentially problematic foundations: “maximizing the amount of time people spend on your products and collecting people’s data.”
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We Have Some Follow-Ups for Facebook — And We Want Your Help
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They grilled the Facebook founder about ProPublica investigations involving abusive ad targeting, housing and employment discrimination and hate speech.