New Hampshire’s practice of temporarily boarding mental health patients in hospital emergency departments is an illegal seizure of the hospitals’ property that disrupts care for other patients in need, a federal judge has ruled.
For several years the New Hampshire Legislature has considered bills to license massage establishments, similar to how the state licenses nail salons and barbershops. At first glance this seems like many other licensing debates, with tension between public health and government overreach. A deeper look uncovers an ongoing discussion over how to fight human trafficking in the Granite State.
Because of the widespread presence of granite bedrock, the state has high percentages of homes with elevated radon levels. An invisible threat, the naturally occurring gas with no color, taste, or smell is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, and about 21,000 deaths are associated with it each year.
New Hampshire would eliminate more than 30 occupational licenses, reorganize a number of professional boards and universally recognize professional licenses from other states under a set of changes included in Gov. Chris Sununu’s budget proposal, state officials announced last week.
Manchester Housing & Redevelopment Authority received $3,143,444 in federal funding to make capital investments in housing stock, one of 11 NH housing authorities to receive grants.
New Hampshire will get an additional $7.65 million for residents to reduce home heating costs after the Biden administration added $1 billion to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
The New Hampshire Department of Safety is urging Granite State residents and visitors to be vigilant over the upcoming weekend following online messaging from extremist groups referencing a ‘National Day of Hate’ on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.
Snow didn’t stop the New Hampshire House of Representatives from meeting on Thursday and it didn’t stop an unexpected string of Democratic successes in the middle of the day on a trio of bills, giving evidence of the almost even split within the chamber between the two parties this term.
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.”
The Public Works Director is declaring a Snow Emergency that will be in effect from 10 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2023, until 6 a.m. Friday, February 24, 2023.
The state Senate essentially killed the latest minimum wage bill along party lines 14 Republicans to 10 Democrats voting SB 144 inexpedient to legislate.
Miller’s appointment was approved at the Governor and Executive Council meeting on February 8. She was officially sworn in Feb. 22 at the Secretary of State’s Office. A Concord resident, she will fill the vacancy left by Brian Burford, who retired in December 2022.
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen received a presentation from Manchester Police Department leaders on Tuesday night highlighting recent updates around the department’s gun violence prevention strategy.
What is driving the price of energy costs? That was the question of the evening at Pipe Dream Brewery on Thursday night at a “Pints and Policy” event hosted by Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives’ Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety finished off the legislative week with executive session on a series of bills. Here is a recap.
Climate-friendly upgrades financially out of reach for New Hampshire farmers, producers and landowners may now be possible after $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act money was allocated this week to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Proposals are due by March 15.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives’ Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs had a lot on its plate on Thursday here’s a recap.
