Ben Chan
Sununu Says Schools Must End Mask Mandates
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The state is no longer recommending people wear face masks indoors in buildings and schools as the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations are on the decline.
Business & Economy
Vail’s Handling of State-Owned Mount Sunapee Stirs Lots of Complaints
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Gov. Chris Sununu said his administration is working with Vail Corporation to produce a better customer experience at state-owned Mount Sunapee.
Ben Chan
One Million In-Home Rapid Tests To Be Sold at Cost in Liquor Stores
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At his weekly press briefing Wednesday in Concord, Sununu announced the $12 million purchase, approved by the Executive Council Wednesday, and he said they will be sold at a cost of about $17 per single test, which can be covered by insurance.
Uncategorized
Council Approves Funds To Buy Hampstead Hospital
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The state has agreed to purchase the 111-bed Hampstead Hospital in Hampstead on Wednesday to care for children, which will help to alleviate the state’s emergency room boarding crisis.
Chris Sununu
Open-Ended Funding May Pose Problem With School Voucher Law
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The problems with the rules indicate that much more vetting needed to be done on the legislation, which was pushed through last session by including it in the two-year budget package.
Chris Sununu
Sununu: Walk-In Vaccination Sites Opening Around the State
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The state is opening new COVID-19 vaccination sites with no need for appointments in Stratham and Concord and has plans for more walk-in locations to open in Salem, Manchester, Nashua, and Keene before the end of the month.
Benjamin Chan
Dr. Chan: COVID-19 Cases Double in a Week; Changes in Reporting Deaths
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With the number of new COVID-19 cases doubling in a week to about 2,500 a day across the state, Gov. Chris Sununu announced that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain and said hospitalizations will likely continue to be very high for the next two months.
Chris Sununu
Sununu Deploys 100 More National Guardsmen To Help Nursing Homes, Hospitals
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CONCORD – Gov. Chris Sununu is calling up an additional 100 members of the National Guard and adopting a new five-day isolation and quarantine guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, rather than 10 days.
Bill Marsh
Legislative Session To Open Under COVID-19 Cloud, Will House Be a Super-Spreader?
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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.