News
Bipartisan Victory Lap, Plus a Broken Podium at NH Budget Signing
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Calling it “something for everybody” Gov. Chris Sununu signed the state’s next two-year, $15.2 billion budget.
Business & Economy
Senate Finance Approves 7-Year Reauthorization for Medicaid Expansion
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The Senate Finance Committee agreed to a seven-year reauthorization of the state’s Medicaid expansion program covering about 60,000 Granite Staters.
News
Public Safety Officers Urge Senate To Include Pension Reform in Budget
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Public safety is on the line in the state budget right now, with the possibility that the state could lose seasoned police officers and firefighters to the private sector and out-of-stage agencies if the state does not adequately fund the retirement system, members warned.
Health & Mental Health
Granite Advantage Program Clears First House Hurdle
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The state’s Medicaid expansion program cleared its first hurdle in the House unscathed after three hours of debate Thursday.
Environment & Science
Senate Kills Landfill Siting Bill
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House Bill 56, would ask the Department of Environmental Services to determine a safe distance but Republicans said they prefer Senate Bill 61, which has passed in the Senate and is being now considered in the House. It sets up a study and directs funding to hire an outside firm to figure that out.
Business & Economy
Almost Unanimous Support for Permanent Medicaid Expansion Program
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Advocates, health care providers, business organizations, cancer survivors, recovering addicts and patients of mental health services testified in support of a bill to reauthorize the state’s Medicaid expansion program permanently.
Business & Economy
Sununu’s Budget Proposes Big Raises for State Workers, Change in Education Funding
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Gov. Chris Sununu is proposing the largest pay increase in almost 50 years for all state workers, a major change in the formula for school district aid targeting the poorest communities, and no new taxes as part of his pitch for a new, two-year budget.
Business & Economy
Sununu Approves Mount Washington State Park 10-Year Master Plan
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Gov. Chris Sununu approved the 10-year master plan for the Mount Washington state park this week and is expecting an estimate for a comprehensive environmental assessment of summit needs as part of his budget, commission members were told Friday.
Feature
MLK Was No Ally of NH’s ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law
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When New Hampshire House Republican leaders quoted Martin Luther King, Jr. in their defense of the state’s “Divisive Concepts” or “Non-Discrimination” law last week, it wasn’t the first time King’s words were used to imply something quite different from what he intended.