Posts by Paula Tracy
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.”
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.
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.
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.”
Lake Winnipesaukee is nowhere near frozen and that may impact some planned activities and winter sports on the big lake in the coming weeks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The last major debate before the election between U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, and Republican Donald Bolduc was held Wednesday night with the stakes high and the differences many.
All five members of the state’s Executive Council are running for re-election, but all are being challenged on Nov. 8 with opponents holding very different views on the issues.
From the future of Social Security, abortion rights, the southern border crisis, aid to Ukraine, global warming to what their favorite pets are, the 25-year-old Leavitt – in her first-ever election attempt – and the veteran 42-year-old congressman outlined the stark differences in their campaigns and missions if elected to the next Congress.
The 3 councilors who voted on the exact same contract over the years are now saying a “strong parental rights” movement has brought the curriculum to their attention.
“New Hampshire is grateful for the heroic men and women of our National Guard,” said Sununu. “They answered the call to serve during the COVID pandemic, and are now answering our nation’s call — deploying to the ongoing humanitarian crisis along our southern border. As these brave men and women deploy, New Hampshire stands by our National Guard and we wish everyone a safe and speedy return home.”
Feeling the political heat from constituents in the Lakes Region, legislators are eager to get Belknap County-owned Gunstock Mountain recreation area back in operation saying it is costing jobs, local business revenue, and may adversely impact county taxes.
Saying it will produce thousands of new units of low- to moderate-income housing in the state in the coming months, Gov. Chris Sununu, mayors from three cities, and developers gathered in Concord to announce applications for a $100 million affordable housing fund to begin this month online.
The state’s largest utility Eversource argued before the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday to increase its rate as New Hampshire electric consumers brace for bills going up by about 50 percent for at least the next six months.
The state is expected to see thousands of motorcycles roll into the state for the 99th running of Laconia Bike Week starting this weekend.
National issues involving children – from school shootings to a short supply of baby formula – were discussed at the state’s Executive Council meeting Wednesday.
