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Sununu and Dems Meet on Budget Veto, But No Deal Yet
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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu met behind closed doors with Democratic leaders on Friday and began negotiations on a budget deal to run the state for the next two years.
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
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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.
NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Refusing to bend to any of the amendments brought by Democrats, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a $15.7 billion budget Thursday which is bound to head to negotiations with the House of Representatives.
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Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hope Makris, Matriarch of the NASWA Resort Family
Sen. Shaheen Denies Having Husband Removed from Government Travel Watch List
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Presidential Contenders Are Everywhere in NH Right Now
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It’s a big week for NH primary visits! Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Beto O’Rourke, Joe Biden, Seth Moulton, and Julian Castro are coming, beginning Friday morning:
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Dems To Meet With Sununu: Will There Be a Budget Deal?
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Democratic leaders will meet with Gov. Chris Sununu Friday to try to reach agreement on a state budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021
Council Rejects MacDonald’s Nomination as NH Supreme Court Chief Justice
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Voting against the 58-year-old who has served as the state’s attorney general since 2017, were Executive Councilors Debora Pignatelli of Nashua, Andru Volinski of Concord and Mike Cryans of Hanover, all Democrats.
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Sununu Auctions Off Flags, Family Leave Veto at GOP July 4 Fundraiser
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Sununu’s spokesman didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
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Medicaid Work
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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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Murder Accomplice Susan McLaughlin Cook Seeks 4th Pardon Try
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Convicted murder accomplice Susan McLaughlin Cook is asking the Executive Council for a pardon hearing again.
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Elder, disability and justice advocates urge Sununu to sign HB 696
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HB 696 expands our current protective order laws to allow vulnerable adults (a person who is unable due to a physical, mental or emotional impairment to manage their own affairs or delegate responsibility to a responsible caregiver) to obtain a protective order to get immediate relief from abuse, neglect or exploitation.
Business & Economy
Sununu Signs Bill Delaying Medicaid Work Requirement
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Expect to see Health and Human Services staff knocking on doors in Nashua, Manchester, and Laconia and at places like the grocery store and department stores, asking residents to sign-up for the work requirement this summer.
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Marianne Williamson’s Vibe in New Castle: Gracious, Kind, Intelligent, Kind
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Williamson wore killer heels and spoke on the porch of a home so lovely I gasped while walking up the driveway.
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Following the Money in Wake of Sununu’s Budget Veto
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The budget was vetoed although the difference between what Sununu proposed in February, $13.1 billion in total spending, and what the legislature’s committee of conference produced, $13.3 billion, is but a $200 million or 1.5 percent difference.
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Ride for the Fallen 7
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Citizens and first responders from Meredith to Randolph lined overpasses and intersections along Routes 93 and 3 Saturday to honor the seven people who died in the crash June 21.
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Addiction Nation: Manchester Writer Shares Hope Amid the Opioid Crisis
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“Addiction, both personal and communal, can be transformed into a learning that makes us stronger than before.”
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Which Presidential Hopeful Is Coming to Your Town
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Check the candidates’ schedule here.
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Welcome To America
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I go to Strawbery Banke every Fourth of July, witness glorious joy, glorious gratitude and glorious patriotism on a day filled with red, white and blue.
Sanctuary ATC to Open Therapeutic Cannabis Dispensary in Conway
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Sanctuary expects the Conway dispensary will open to qualifying patients and designated caregivers on Saturday, July 6, 2019.
A lunch counter in Laconia, a Marine who can’t swim, and what it means to be an American
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That strikes me as the essence of our country these days: Lots of us – 330 million – with different points of view, yelling into the wind at each other. We all think we’re right.
NH’s Decoding the Vibe Keeps an Eye Out for Candidates Even on Vacation
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Decoding the Vibe arrives to you from Kauai, Hawaii – the Garden Isle, the locale of the United States’ most western bookstore and where, yes, where Gilligan’s Island was filmed.
Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Group Launched as New Degrading Facebook Posts Surface
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A ProPublica story revealing demeaning posts directed at Latina lawmakers prompted widespread revulsion.
2020 Presidential Primary Candidate Survey on Disability
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See how your candidate answered the questions – or didn’t.