Cities across America have joined together to speak out against police brutality and racism after the murder of George Floyd, who died last month while being detained by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While it’s not the first time citizens have taken to the streets to protest, it’s the ...
CONCORD (AP) – The temporary expansion of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic would become permanent under a bill endorsed Thursday by a Senate committee. As passed by the House in March, the bill would allow reimbursement for medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on reopening college campuses, urged the Department of Education to help ensure that college students can receive adjusted financial aid to account for changes in their financial situation, ...
CONCORD – Attorney General Gordon MacDonald issued a little-known opinion that says hospitals, nursing homes and other residential care facilities have the same immunity from lawsuits the state is entitled to as long as they comply with Gov. Chris Sununu’s emergency ...
CONCORD – The state could go to “no excuse” absentee voting under a bill that is being considered by the Senate Election Law Committee. House Bill 1672, which has already passed the House 194-132, had its virtual public hearing in a Senate committee last week. An amendment, which ...
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) – For Albert Baraka, the ceremony outside the federal immigration office in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was brief, but life changing. The 20-year-old, who came to the country six years ago as a refugee from Congo, joined nine others Thursday morning to recite the oath of ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., joined Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and additional colleagues in introducing the Child Care is Essential Act to address the child care crisis exacerbated by COVID-19. The legislation would create a $50 billion Child ...
Rhode Island plans to distribute as much as $150 million of federal stimulus money to help the state's hospitals recover from the financial hit they have taken during the coronavius pandemic, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Thursday. The pandemic has driven up costs, while at the same time the ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continues to decline, Connecticut surpassed 4,000 deaths from the virus on Thursday, prompting Gov. Ned Lamont to warn residents not to become complacent about social distancing. The Democrat said he's ...
CONCORD – Three months to the day since the state’s first case of COVID-19 was announced, Gov. Chris Sununu said on Wednesday we have likely already hit bottom and using charts provided an optimistic update on the direction of the pandemic. And while he made no promises, Sununu said he ...
CONCORD — State revenues for May are nearly one-quarter below what budget writers estimated would be returned. The rooms and meals, and business taxes were well below estimates. With many closed restaurants and hotels, the rooms and meals tax was below estimates by 58 percent, while ...
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 11 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday bringing the total to 256. They included six women and four men from Hillsborough County and one woman from Rockingham County, all over the age of 60. COVID-19 Map for June 2 The state ...
MASSACHUSETTS: City officials in Boston are concerned that many Asian American residents may not be getting tested for the new coronavirus. Boston's Chinatown zip code, where half the residents are of Asian descent, is one of city neighborhoods with the lowest percentage of positive ...
With states enlisting stay-at-home orders as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the toll that staying home has taken on people has varied. Routines have been disrupted, while communication with friends and family has shifted to the virtual world. And according to experts, such a deluge of ...
CONCORD – The COVID-19 pandemic may trigger an increase in business tax rates, something Gov. Chris Sununu opposes. State tax officials briefed the House Ways and Means Committee on the pandemic’s impact on business tax revenues and other key levies last week. While tax officials ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, N.H.-D2, voted in favor of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. Kuster is a co-sponsor of this legislation which provides flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program to make ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., led her colleagues in calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue specific guidance for when long-term care facilities can safely reopen their doors to visitors, and what steps long-term care facilities should take to ensure ...
A dry cough, shortness of breath, a fever: These are the most well-known symptoms of COVID-19. But for some people who test positive, that’s just the beginning of what can be a life-changing ordeal. NHPR’s Jason Moon reports on two families whose battle with the virus will stay with them ...
The post office in Warren, Pennsylvania, has 16 vehicles, and Tim Rossman disinfects them daily. The process begins at 6 a.m. Rossman cleans the vehicles while another custodian takes a rag and bleach water solution to scanners, keys and cards. The inside of the vehicles used to be cleaned ...
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced six new COVID-19 deaths Friday bringing the total to 238. They are four men and to women in Hillsborough County, all older than 60. The state also announced 107 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now ...
