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State Rep stripped of assignment over social media post critical of Troy Police Chief

Saturday, January 16, 2021 Paula Tracy 0

State Rep. Rosemarie Rung, D-Merrimack, has been stripped of her committee assignment by Republican House Speaker Sherman Packard because of her social media post calling on New Hampshire police to denounce the Troy police chief for attending the pro-Trump rally in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6. READ MORE

U.S. House votes to impeach Trump, now up to Senate

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Paula Tracy 0

The historic House vote, the first in which a president has been impeached twice on the articles of impeachment, was 232-197 with 10 Republicans joining Democrats.
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Kuster: Lawmakers in riot ‘safe’ room possibly exposed to COVID-19

Monday, January 11, 2021 Paula Tracy 0

U.S. Rep. Ann Kuster and other members of the House and staff may have been exposed to COVID-19 while they were huddled together for hours in a safe room away from a mob trying to seize control of the Capitol last week, according to an NBC report Kuster shared on Facebook. READ MORE

Commuter rail plan to connect Southern NH with Boston chugging along

Monday, January 4, 2021 Paula Tracy 0

New Hampshire could have commuter rail service connecting Nashua, Manchester and its airport with the MBTA line at Lowell, Mass., in the coming years as the Executive Council has approved a $5.4 million engineering and public outreach contract for the NH Capitol Corridor rail project. READ MORE

Amid partisan finger-pointing, still no nursing home vaccinations

Monday, December 21, 2020 Paula Tracy 0

The Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 may be here and in the arms of some doctors, nurses and members of Congress, but getting it into the arms of the elderly and staff at nursing homes is taking more time. READ MORE

Democratically-controlled Executive Council meets for last time

Friday, December 18, 2020 Paula Tracy 0

New Hampshire’s Executive Council approved a contract to allow troubled Vermont youths to reside at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, got an update on drug deaths during COVID-19 and the number of vaccines expected, discussed the virus outbreak at the Veterans Home, and approved funding to advance work on the Exit 4A project on Interstate 93 in Londonderry and Derry. READ MORE

Plummer returns to oversee COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Friday, December 11, 2020 Paula Tracy 0

New Hampshire will have a familiar face at the helm of distribution of its COVID-19 vaccines when they arrive in the Granite State as early as this coming Monday.
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Hinch’s sudden death to COVID-19 raises concerns about his many contacts

Thursday, December 10, 2020 Paula Tracy 0

Gov. Chris Sununu gave an update on the state’s increasingly perilous COVID-19 situation Thursday and Democratic leaders asked him for testing for all legislators who attended Organization Day in the wake of House Speaker Dick Hinch’s death on Wednesday. READ MORE

House Speaker Dick Hinch dies a week after being sworn in

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Paula Tracy 0

The state’s new House Speaker Richard W. Hinch, R-Merrimack, has died. READ MORE

Sununu blasts GOP caucus over COVID-19 exposures and details coming vaccines

Thursday, December 3, 2020 Paula Tracy 0

Gov. Chris Sununu announced shortening COVID-19 quarantine time, criticized House Republican leaders for lack of transparency related to exposure to the virus Nov. 20, and outlined how the state will prioritize the first shipments of vaccine when they arrive in a matter of days. READ MORE