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PORTSMOUTH – At least 10 instances of Swastikas and other messages being drawn on properties around Portsmouth with red spray paint, including on a Jewish Synagogue, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning in the downtown area are being investigated.
A bill that would affirmatively protect in law the right to an abortion before 24 weeks of pregnancy was heard Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Lawmakers Thursday rejected a planned $100 million program to help state residents with energy costs this winter proposed by Gov. Chris Sununu and instead approved a less expensive program targeted to low-and middle-income residents.
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.
Gubernatorial candidate Dr. Tom Sherman released a housing plan Wednesday that he says will mean serious long-term fixes to the housing crisis, unlike the bandaid one-time approach Gov. Chris Sununu has made in his InvestNH housing plan.
The Senate voted on a number of bills related to Education Freedom Accounts, Redistricting, bail reform and others at a busy session on Wednesday.
CONCORD – The state Senate voted ought to pass amended Senate Bill 249 to prohibit municipalities from using local zoning to eliminate the use of single- or two-family residential buildings as short-term rentals.
The Rights & Democracy Institute brought together spokespeople in health care and government to respond to a new report “Sick of Waiting: Barriers to Medicaid Keep Healthcare Out of Reach.”
Energy efficiency efforts in New Hampshire will be taking a step backward to 2017 levels in the next few years under an order issued last week by the Public Utilities Commission, according to Democratic legislators.