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At least one House member has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending all three long session days in Representatives Hall this week, according an email sent to some members who sat within a six- to seven-foot radius of the infected member.
A bill would allow a state lawmaker to be replaced if he or she is removed from office for rebellion or insurrection, or for giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the state.
Two more House members have tested positive for COVID-19 and believe they were infected at sessions at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Manchester last week, bringing the known total to at least five.
The start of the 2022 legislative session will look a lot like the end of the 2021 legislative session: the Senate meeting in Representative Hall and the House meeting in a football field-sized hall to avoid a super-spreader event, something some say is a real possibility.
After visiting one of the state’s hardest-hit hospitals Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu announced more opportunities to get a COVID-19 booster shot in the coming weeks and said more in-home testing and more medicine to keep people out of the hospital are on the way.
The current surge of COVID-19 Delta variant in New Hampshire was preventable and caused by a lack of leadership that has delayed booster shots and had real health-care consequences, said two physicians who are also top Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.
One Democratic lawmaker pressed Friday to better protect children touring the mask-optional State House and others scolded Republicans who don’t wear face masks and voted against $27 million in federal contracts that would have boosted vaccination efforts, which they say will delay getting shots to children.
BROOKFIELD – State Rep. William D. Marsh has changed his political affiliation from Republican to Democrat.