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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.
Superior Court Chief Justice Tina L. Nadeau announced in a letter to Gov. Chris Sununu that she is retiring effective Sept. 29.
An architectural firm has been chosen to design a replacement for the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester at a location to be determined.
The Common Man Roadside Hooksett welcome centers on Interstate 93 got a five-year state contract extension on a 35-year lease Wednesday despite some concern by two Executive Councilors that they are looking too far down the road.
Women across New Hampshire were urged to contact their legislators and the governor on the need to protect abortion rights in New Hampshire after political losses in the state Senate last week and a federal court ruling now threatening access to abortion medication.
Fifteen million dollars in funding for a new nursing home for Strafford County, $750,00 for a new child care center for Concord, more electric vehicle charging stations for Lancaster and Peterborough, and water projects for a number of communities were approved by the Executive Council Wednesday along with a proposal to change its controversial procedures for voting.