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Gov. Chris Sununu has vetoed a bill for the Burgess Biomass plant refusing to forgive $70 million spent by ratepayers of Eversource, leaving the plant’s future in doubt and its impact potentially significant to the city of Berlin.
Gov. Chris Sununu is asking the state’s Congressional delegation to help increase security at the state’s border with Canada, claiming that illegal activity has increased dramatically.
The state’s Executive Council has scheduled public hearings in the coming weeks for a number of nominations made by Gov. Chris Sununu, including that of his longtime political confidant, David J. “D.J.” Bettencourt of Salem to be Commissioner of the state Department of Insurance.
Acting Commissioner Lori Weaver was also confirmed to lead the state’s largest department, Health and Human Services, in a unanimous vote.
Gov. Chris Sununu issued a deadline and a threat to the Board of Mental Health Practice, giving it one month to file a rulemaking proposal to help address a shortage of licensed mental health providers in the state or face termination.
Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington of Concord, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, pressed state officials on the need to get going on promulgating the new law so that licensed social work associates can add to New Hampshire’s workforce.
Saying it’s the best job he ever had and that he may regret his decision in the future, Gov. Chris Sununu told reporters Wednesday he will not seek a fifth term as governor.
Superior Court Chief Justice Tina L. Nadeau announced in a letter to Gov. Chris Sununu that she is retiring effective Sept. 29.
The defamation lawsuit Eric Spofford filed against New Hampshire Public Radio in Rockingham Superior Court is on hold for now because the judge is on leave, but the reason for Judge Daniel St. Hilaire’s absence has not been made public.