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Funding for projects in Londonderry to deal with PFAS contamination, to improve the Mendums Pond “high hazard dam” in Nottingham, complete a $1 million replacement of the Portsmouth Fish Pier and for the first time, allow for a summer food program for 44,000 of the state’s neediest children in 2025 are all on the agenda for an Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
Pamela Smart, convicted of conspiracy to commit the 1990 murder of her husband and sentenced to life without parole, is seeking an opportunity for a commutation hearing before the state’s Executive Council, her lawyer confirmed Tuesday.
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.
Both Mayor Andrew Hosmer and Charlie Arlinghaus, state commissioner, said they are pleased with progress on the development of the former Laconia State School, and that an issue identified as the process moves forward is the need to have adequate water and sewer for as many as 1,900 units.
Broadband in the rural parts of the state got a gigabyte boost Wednesday as a $40 million contract was approved to help connect and improve connectivity for almost 25,000 homes and businesses.
The plaintiffs in a suit claiming the Executive Council and state Senate districts were unconstitutionally and unlawfully gerrymandered to give Republicans a significant advantage have appealed a lower court ruling dismissing the case.
A superior court judge Wednesday dismissed a challenge to new Executive Council and State Senate districts citing the constitutional independence of the three branches of government and no specific constitutional prohibition on gerrymandering.
The state moved closer to the construction of a new behavioral health hospital in south-central New Hampshire when the legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously Friday to use $15 million in federal funds in a deal with SolutionHealth, a partnership of the Elliot and Southern New Hampshire hospitals.