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A business consultant, not Concord Casino owner and former state Sen. Andy Sanborn, submitted applications for nearly $844,000 in federal pandemic assistance that now threatens the future of Sanborn’s gaming license, his attorneys said at a hearing Monday.
Former state Sen. Andy Sanborn and his wife, Rep. Laurie Sanborn, of Bedford, could face criminal charges in connection with $844,000 in federal pandemic aid that state officials say Andy Sanborn fraudulently obtained and spent on at least three high-end race cars, car parts, and 27 years of prepaid rent for another business he owns.
Sununu accused the board of “dereliction of duty” for failing to pave the way for conditional licenses for social workers, mental health workers, and marriage and family therapists, as required by the law he signed two years ago.
As Lisa Barndollar was leaving a receptionist job five years ago, she asked her boss of a year and a half if she would have hired her had she known Barndo
Seven things to watch in the current budget cycle.
Citing cost concerns, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester has struck an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office to close its labor and delivery services two years early. It is the 11th hospital in the state to cease those services since 2000, worrying public health leaders.
Sen. Shannon Chandley, an Amherst Democrat, has introduced Senate Bill 201 aimed at protecting ticket buyers. The bill would impose a fine for selling tickets for more than $1 over face value. Other states have imposed similar laws or other restrictions that forbid a reseller to operate without a license or include the venue’s name in its web domain or subdomain address.
The Senate bill that was supposed to fast-track the closure and replacement of the center hit a major hurdle Thursday afternoon with a 23-0 vote by the House Finance Committee to gut it. There is now no closure date.
The state has spent millions to expand mental health treatment in the last two years. Yet those who need it are still waiting. In emergency rooms, some for days. At home for a mobile crisis team that’s an hour-plus away. For a counseling appointment. For housing after psychiatric hospitalizations.
Lawmakers know the Department of Health and Human Services will not meet its March 1 deadline for closing the Sununu Youth Services Center and replacing it with a smaller, more therapeutic setting for at-risk youth.