CONCORD - Today, the Senate voted to concur with the House recommendation of Ought to Pass with Amendment on SB 7, the Secure Modern Accurate Registration Technology (“SMART”) Act. If signed into law, the SMART Act would modernize New Hampshire’s election infrastructure and make ...
CONCORD – The New Hampshire Senate passed HB 1665, establishing independent redistricting reform, on 15-9 vote. Representative Marjorie Smith (D-Durham), prime sponsor of the legislation, released the following statement: “For the second time in two years Democrats and Republicans have ...
CONCORD – the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 1240, relative to the grounds for sexual assault and related offenses. An effort to protect pregnant women from discrimination in the workplace failed 14-10 with all democrats voting in opposition. Senator Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) issued the ...
CONCORD – The Senate passed HB 1240 in a vote of 23-1. As amended, HB 1240 incorporates text from HB 1599, creating a special marriage officiant license, and HB 1491 as amended by the Senate, updating licensing and policy and fees. The amendment comes following a statement from the House of ...
CONCORD - Today, the Senate passed HB 1375 as amended on a voice vote. HB 1375 establishes the elements of a claim for medical monitoring and the damages that may be awarded. The bill next goes to the House of Representatives for a concurrence vote. After the vote, amendment sponsor Senator ...
CONCORD – The New Hampshire Senate voted HB 1375, a bill relative to claims for medical monitoring, ought to pass with amendment. The bill passed 14-10 party line vote. Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) and Senator Harold French (R-Franklin) issued the following statements: “This ...
CONCORD – U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 in the case of June Medical Services v. Russo to overturn an unconstitutional Louisiana law restricting access to reproductive health care: ...
CONCORD - On Monday, the Senate voted 14-10 to accept the recommendations contained in the fact-finder reports between the State of New Hampshire and seven collective bargaining units representing state employees. The reports were previously rejected by Governor Sununu who refused bring them ...
CONCORD - Today, the New Hampshire Senate concurred with the House of Representatives on a series of amendments to renewable energy legislation, SB 122 (energy efficiency), SB 124 (renewable energy), and SB 166 (net metering). After the votes, Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes (D-Concord) ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, called on the Department of Defense, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigations ...
CONCORD – The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and Conservation photographer and filmmaker Jerry Monkman have collaborated on a documentary entitled The Merrimack: River at Risk. The film explores the fragility of the Merrimack River and its watershed, the health of which ...
LONDONDERRY – It seems that this year, we’ve had more than our share of cabin fever, to be sure. But now, things are opening up a bit, and the Aviation Museum in Londonderry is happy to step in. On July 11, they will host their fifth annual Classic Car Show in the airfield right outside the ...
CONCORD – On Thursday, the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee passed Amendment #1574s to HB 1266. As amended, HB 1266 makes temporary modifications to the absentee voter registration, absentee ballot application, and absentee voting processes in response to the novel ...
CONCORD – Misty Crompton, a social studies teacher from West Running Brook Middle School in Derry, has been awarded the 2020 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The sabbatical, created in 1986 in honor of the Concord High School teacher and astronaut, ...
The House will be in session at the Whittemore Center in Durham on Tuesday, June 30 to concur or nonconcur on 26 (to date) bills passed by the Senate. Most of the bills on the calendar are House Bills that have been amended to include language from other House and Senate legislation. Due to ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Visitation bans at nursing homes have renewed interest in legislation that would allow families to put remote cameras inside the facilities to help see how loved ones are doing. Before the pandemic, cameras were seen as a way to identify elder abuse and neglect. But ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Ten towns and organizations will get over $300,000 in grants collectively to improve outdoor recreation opportunities in northern New England. The grants are provided by the Northern Forest Destination Development Initiative, which is managed by the Northern Forest ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire court ruled Friday that some evidence related to the driving and drug use of the pickup driver whose collision with a group of bikers last year left seven motorcyclists dead was admissible in his criminal case. The Superior Court decided that evidence ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has received more than 1,000 reports from New Hampshire of scammers seeking to take advantage of people during the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in about $1.5 million in losses, according to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan. "These scams take many ...
CONCORD – Senate President Donna Soucy and Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes released the following statements in response to the announcement of Associate Commissioner Christine Tappan’s resignation from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services: “Associate ...
