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CONCORD — After considerable discussion, the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee Friday approved a federal infusion of $73 million to hire and retain workers in the Home and Community Based Services program.
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.
In an end-run around the Executive Council’s controversial rejection of $27 million in federal funds for a state vaccine program, the Joint Fiscal Committee unanimously supported the acceptance of $4.68 million in more flexible funding on Friday.
Members of the Special Committee on Redistricting are headed to the Grafton County Superior Courthouse Tuesday night at 6 p.m. for a public listening session on state redistricting.
Ensuring the drinking water New Hampshire residents draw from the tap and hand to their children is clean and safe is an essential job of government, Gov. Chris Sununu said.
The racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic rhetoric and social media postings by a few Republican lawmakers is getting more attention after a male state Senator was caught on Zoom Wednesday calling a woman Senator a bitch during a remote committee meeting.