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Gov. Chris Sununu said there are reports in the nation’s south that COVID-19 is seeing an uptick and will likely come here by winter, but the state is in a better position now to respond to it and new variants than ever before.
Lori Shibinette gave no reason at the Executive Council meeting Tuesday for her decision to take leave of the top post at Health and Human Services at the end of 2022.
The state Supreme Court declined to address a superior court judge’s request to determine if the state constitution forbids partisan gerrymandering before deciding a case contesting the new state Senate and Executive Council districts.
Councilor Cinde Warmington pressed Gov. Chris Sununu on what he plans to do to protect abortion providers and their out-of-state patients at Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting.
A buy American steel bill for New Hampshire, first championed by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Thomas Sherman, was signed into law in Berlin Monday by Gov. Chris Sununu flanked by local legislators.
House Democrats want Gov. Chris Sununu to call the legislature into special session to codify the protections of Roe V. Wade into state law now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned it.
Adam Finkel, a resident of Dalton who helped draft the bill, said every sentence in Sununu’s veto message on House Bill 1454 has one or more factual errors or grossly misleading statements.
“New Hampshire has a proud tradition of responsible firearms stewardship, and I’ve long said that I’m not looking to make any changes to our laws,” Sununu said. “This bill will ensure that New Hampshire’s law enforcement efforts will be on our own State firearms laws – and that’s where I believe their focus should be.”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision to overturn the 1973 landmark abortion rights case of Roe V. Wade got a quick and forceful reaction from both political sides of the debate Friday while also mobilizing protesters.