Business & Economy
House GOP Leader Pleased Legislature Moving Forward With Wayfair Solution
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House Republican Leader Dick Hinch applauds bipartisan effort.
Distant Dome: Willfully and Knowingly Making a Mess of Public Education
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If you watched the House session Thursday, you had to realize the message the Republican majority is sending on public education.
Related: Distant Dome: This Is How Democracy Dies
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.
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Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House
NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
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In Normandy, Rep. Kuster Issues Statement on 75th Anniversary of D-Day
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Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) is in Normandy, France as part of a CODEL to attend ceremonies commemorating the June 6, 1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Courts & Corrections
Ruling NH’s School Funding Unconstitutional Stirs Quick Reaction
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Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier said Gov. Sununu is walking a political tightrope as a result of Cheshire Superior Court Judge David Ruoff’s order.
Education
Sununu Signs Littleton’s Pollyanna Bill Into Law
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On Thursday, Governor Sununu signed both HB 572, an act proclaiming the second Saturday in June as Pollyanna of Littleton New Hampshire Recognition Day, and HB 642, an act defining specialty cider, into law.
Business & Economy
House Backs Bill To Move Ahead With Rail Development Phase
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Rep. Sue Newman, D-Nashua, said it is time to move forward with the next step of the capitol corridor rail project.
Education
Judge Rules in Favor of School Districts, Finds ‘Gross Inequities’ in Opportunities
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“Labels aside, we are simply unable to fathom a legitimate governmental purpose to justify the gross inequities in educational opportunities evident from the record,” Judge David Ruoff wrote.
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Manchester Child Falls from Second-Floor Window
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Manchester Police responded to an address on Manchester Street on Wednesday for a report of a young child who had fallen from a second-floor window.
Business & Economy
Gov. Sununu Signs 22 Bills Into Law
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News laws include online driver education and paid details by fire safety personnel.
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House Backs Minimum Wage Hike, Mental Health Parity, Job Training, Fertility Care
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The House gave final approval to a bill that prohibits discrimination in public schools.
Education
Deadline to Apply for BU Summer Journalism Program for High School Students
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Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the Boston University Summer Journalism Institute gives students ages 14 to 18 the opportunity to expand their skills, experience college life and explore Boston.
News
Priceless Documents on Display To Celebrate State House’s 200th Birthday
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Make time this week to visit the State House to celebrate its Bicentennial.
Courts & Corrections
Sununu To Nominate AG MacDonald as Chief Justice of the NH Supreme Court
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If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who will retire as of the close of business on August 23rd.
Business & Economy
Skier Visits Were up 4 Percent Last Winter in NH
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Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway had the longest season in its 81-year history.
News
Journalists Gather at the State House To Swap Stories and Celebrate its Bicentennial
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Norma Love, longtime reporter for the Associated Press, spoke about changes in the business and the need for the press “to cover this place like a blanket.”
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State House
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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. See more of Mike Marland’s NH politics webcomic here.
Energy
Want a Green Revolution? Build it from the Center and Work Outward – FAST
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In every small cafe, bistro and coffee shop here in the shadow of Rattlesnake Ridge there is growing buzz about the “Green New Deal.”
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Jeff Brummer, Clamshell Alliance Founder, Dies at Age 74
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Jeff Brummer was a founder of the Clamshell Alliance, which sparked a national direct action anti-nuclear power movement.
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6 NH Governors Celebrate Telling State House Tales
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Big week in Concord as the State House celebrates 200 years.
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In Fishing and Life, It’s All About the Weather
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Spring fishing can be interesting because of the weather so I was trying to figure out what fly rods to bring up.
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Celebrate NH State House Bicentennial All Week, Starting Now
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The crowd sang “Happy Birthday” to the State House.