At a hearing on the amendment last week Matt Simon said, “You are talking about a system where the only entity we can sell cannabis to is the state of New Hampshire and they decide the prices and they decide whether or not to buy the product. That is what we are saying is completely unworkable. That’s not a market.” READ MORE
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard six cannabis bills Thursday including one in which the state would sell it at liquor stores and tax the wholesale price of the drug at 12.5 percent. READ MORE
In a packed Representatives Hall, opponents and supporters of the Parental Bill of Rights in Education testified on whether Senate Bill 272 would harm or help children and their parents. READ MORE
With about 8,900 miles of road to plow, salt, and sand, New Hampshire’s Department of Transportation is busy right now, and their workforce is “thin.” READ MORE
Lake Winnipesaukee is nowhere near frozen and that may impact some planned activities and winter sports on the big lake in the coming weeks. READ MORE
Lori A. Weaver, interim commissioner of the state Department of Health and Human Services, said the building will be made available immediately after the vote Wednesday and that it was her understanding it would be used to help house women, though the state does not require that it only be for women if there is a need for others to use the property at 15 Brook Street. READ MORE
In a vote that will greatly impact the future development of the Lakes Region and was 25 years in the making, the Executive Council voted 3-2 to enter a purchase and sales agreement to sell the former Laconia State School property with Legacy at Laconia LLC for $21.5 million. READ MORE
Joe “Eggy” Eggleston, a “Cogger” who worked as an engineer on the Mount Washington Cog Railway and an avid hiker, died in a tragic fall during a hike accompanied by his wife Kelley on Mount Willard over the weekend. READ MORE
CONCORD, NH – Despite concerns raised by farmers at a public hearing last week, the state’s Executive Council voted to approve the renomination of Shawn Jasper as the commissioner of agriculture for another five years READ MORE
A recount for a House seat in Rochester has ended in a tie between incumbent Democrat Chuck Grassie and Republican David Walker darkening the ever-murky waters of which party will control the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the next two years. READ MORE
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