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Former state Senator Jeffrey Woodburn was sentenced to serve 60 days in jail Tuesday for biting his ex-fiancee’s arm and breaking the door to her home almost three years ago, but it is unlikely he will see the inside of a cell any time soon as he is appealing the convictions to the state Supreme Court.
With no fanfare and no courtesy photo of him signing House Bills 1 and 2, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu issued a news release Friday saying he signed both into law.
Gov. Chris Sununu promised at his Thursday press conference to look into whether reports showing how agencies and private organizations spent federal CARES Act funds he awarded them are public documents.
Gov. Chris Sununu says domestic travel rules will be immediately relaxed, retail stores can operate at 100 percent capacity and karaoke, pool and darts can resume at your favorite restaurants and bars.
The state Senate voted in favor of a bill the chairman of the Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee says will protect the integrity of the absentee ballot process, but others say creates unnecessary barriers for some voters.
House Clerk Paul Smith said there will be 70 seats set up for House members who refuse to wear masks, and 20 seats for people who medically can’t wear masks, along with the rest of the huge space for social distancing so disabled Democrats who are concerned about contracting the virus can feel safe.
University of New Hampshire staffers who work directly with students benefited from COVID-19 vaccinations that were about to expire on Wednesday, according to Paul Dean, chief of the university’s police department. Dean said he was notified Tuesday night that 250 shots were set to expire Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and he said they were able to save 177 of those doses with willing workers.
The state is designing its own online registration system to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations after multiple problems with the federal CDC VAMS system, according to Gov. Sununu’s spokesman Ben Vihstadt.
Facing mounting criticism about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Gov. Chris Sununu responded with no new details and an emailed comment from Perry Plummer, who is in charge of the vaccine distribution.
Facing mounting criticism about the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, Gov. Chris Sununu came to his weekly news conference Thursday armed with charts and graphs and news of a major change that will allow people 65 and older – instead of 75 and older – to register for the shot Jan. 22.
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks swore-in Republican Gov. Chris Sununu to his third term Thursday at noon in what Sununu described as likely the shortest inauguration ceremony in state history. It was just under 15 minutes in the Executive Council Chambers at the State House.
In less than three weeks, the number of state prison inmates with active cases of COVID-19 has skyrocketed from six to 152, with 31 of those in the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin, according to the state Department of Corrections’ website.
House Speaker Pro Tem Kimberly Rice of Hudson said she is tired of being attacked on social media as some kind of horrible person for coming down with COVID-19 and for being a Republican.
House Speaker Pro Tem Kimberly Rice announced on social media that she was “struggling to breath (sic)” with COVID-19 Saturday as two special virus testing events for legislators, staff and families were held in the wake of House Speaker Dick Hinch’s death.
Gov. Chris Sununu said New Hampshire’s citizens who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection will be able to get the first dose of the vaccine by Christmas.
New Hampshire officials didn’t take kindly to Massachusetts approving a final rule that imposes Massachusetts’ income tax on New Hampshire residents who are working from home for Massachusetts companies.
The Committee to Study the Safety of Residents and Employees in Long-Term Care Facilities heard concerns Thursday about continuing funding woes and staff shortages in New Hampshire.
There have now been 6,861 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire.
There are two events focused on President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign for New Hampshire on Thursday, July 30, according to Nina McLaughlin, the RNC spokesperson for Maine and New Hampshire.
