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The day after the Senate killed a major bill to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, Gov. Chris Sununu issued a surprise news release Friday saying he supports legalization in the “right way” and outlined a path that could make it happen this session.
The state Supreme Court reversed domestic violence and simple assault convictions against former state Sen. Jeffrey Woodburn, 57, of Whitefield on Thursday and ordered a new trial.
State Rep. Glenn Cordelli, R-Tuftonboro, has amended House Bill 533 to give Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut subpoena power in cases of educator misconduct.
The woman who was found dead in a tent outside the Families in Transition shelter on Christmas morning has been identified as Amanda Hartness, 34. Another woman who was arrested late Christmas night for allegedly abandoning her son after giving birth in a tent in an unrelated incident appeared in court Tuesday.
The upcoming state primary and general elections are expected to see heightened scrutiny in the wake of problems in ballot counting discovered in three communities.
Officials say what happened at the Sununu Youth Services Center juvenile detention facility in Manchester Tuesday night wasn’t a riot, but “was initially challenging to control the incident.”
A retired Nashua police officer has filed a professional conduct complaint against Attorney General John Formella for saying truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy was guilty after a jury found him not guilty on all counts Tuesday in the crash deaths of seven motorcyclists three years ago.
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee agreed Wednesday to allow Attorney General John Formella to withdraw his proposed claims process for the $100 million settlement fund for victims of abuse while children at the Youth Development Center with plans to resubmit it with changes at a later date.
Truck driver Volodomyr Zhukovskyy was acquitted Tuesday of all charges related to the deaths of seven motorcyclists three years ago, but he likely won’t see freedom any time soon.
Within minutes of jurors finding Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty Tuesday in the horrific crash that killed seven motorcyclists three years ago, Gov. Chris Sununu and Attorney General John Formella issued separate statements critical of the verdicts.
Sununu’s press office says the governor doesn’t have the unilateral authority to do that and would sign a bill codifying Roe V. Wade into state law if legislators sent him such a bill.
The men and women suing the state alleging they were sexually and physically abused while incarcerated at the Youth Development Center in Manchester as minors have asked the court to allow their cases to go forward.
House Democratic Leader Rep. David E. Cote, D-Nashua, said Monday: “The map endorsed by Republicans today, which takes the historically unprecedented step of moving Manchester to CD 2, is just as unacceptable as the gerrymandered Congressional maps they have offered previously.
The state is no longer recommending people wear face masks indoors in buildings and schools as the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations are on the decline.
After 20 years as deputy to retiring Bill Gardner, David Scanlan, 65, of Bow took over as Secretary of State on Monday.
Gov. Chris Sununu reiterated what he said last week relative to actions he is taking relative to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Former state representative Mindi Messmer was reviewing the state Department of Environmental Services’ public files last week and saw a notice of deficiency from the week before against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics in Merrimack.
Law enforcement on Saturday located a body in Abington, Mass., in a wooded area off Chestnut Street they believe is that of a Merrimack boy who has been missing for a month and the subject of a week-long search.
Attorney General John M. Formella says he is reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding Wednesday’s canceling of the Executive Council meeting after chaos erupted caused by people opposed to vaccine mandates that frightened state employees into leaving.
