The main roads have reopened in NH... namely, route 111 in Windham is now passable after being flooded a few days. There are still some secondary roadways still closed.
The New Hampshire state Senate has approved elements of the governor's jobs initiative, known as New Hampshire Working. According to Gov. John Lynch and lawmakers, the legislation would allow existing businesses to reduce operations without laying off workers. Companies and their workers could agree to reduced hours in place of layoffs. The state would make up part of the lost wages through unemployment benefits. The bill now goes to the house.
We're learning more details about the Dover high school student shocked in class last week. 18 year old Kyle DuBois is back home after a lenghty stay at Mass General. Early Friday, his parent's were told Kyle may not survive. In the meantime, Dover police said their investigation into what happened in that trade class is nearly complete. And BTW, when Kyle's parent's checked out of the hotel in Boston, they learned an anonymous person paid their 18-hundred dollar hotel bill.
New Hampshire's House has voted to further study a bill that would repeal an unpopular business tax. The Legislature extended a tax on investment interest and dividends last year to include the earnings of some owners of limited liability companies and partnerships. That raised complaints from small business owners, and the Legislature is considering several bills to repeal the change. The House voted Wednesday to send a repeal bill for further study.
A committee of the New Hampshire Legislature has recommended $47 million in cuts to social services, the courts, the environment and prisons. The House Finance Committee voted Wednesday on what lawmakers consider to be the first phase of cuts to close what could be a state revenue shortfall of $132 million next year. Under the proposal, public workers would have to pay a bigger share of their retirement for one year, disabled adults would wait longer for services and schools would lose dropout prevention money.
As Democratic Leaders in Washington continue the push for health care overhaul, Tea Party activists in New Hampshire are planning a protest in Manchester today (Thursday). Former Senator Gordon Humphrey is spearheading the event. He says the rally will feature a mannequin representing Congress. Protestors plan to march to Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter's office to urge her not to vote for the plan.
It's in the hands of the jury. They have the case of a New Hampshire man accused of beating his landlord to death so he could steal his new pickup truck to trade it in for a motorcycle. The jury received the case of 50-year-old Paul McDonald shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday. He's accused of first-degree murder and alternate counts of second-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Richard Wilcox in his Danville home. The defense says McDonald killed Wilcox, but he woke to find Wilcox sexually assaulting him.
Federal authorities say a registered nurse has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for tampering with prefilled syringes while working for the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. The U.S. Attorney's office says that on numerous occasions 28-year-old Trinidad Smith removed the pain medications from the syringes for her personal use, replaced the liquid drugs with saline, then returned the syringes to storage for dispensing to patients. No patients were injured.
The fire departments in Manchester, Candia and Nottingham are getting more than $670,000 for breathing apparatuses and other equipment. Most of the money is going to Manchester, which will receive $625,800 from FEMA and Homeland security. Candia is getting $38,000 to replace the filling station for its breathing equipment, while Nottingham is getting $8,550 for a thermal imaging camera.
A television ad that opposes health care legislation in Congress is urging viewers to call North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy - at a telephone number in New Hampshire. The ad is sponsored by a Washington group called the League of American Voters. It shows a photo of Pomeroy with a phone number for the Manchester office of New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. The mistake has since been fixed. North Dakota Democratic chairman says a group shouldn't be giving health care advice if it can't tell the difference between North Dakota and New Hampshire.
New Hampshire's House has voted to further study a bill that would repeal an unpopular business tax. The Legislature extended a tax on investment interest and dividends last year to include the earnings of some owners of limited liability companies and partnerships. That raised complaints from small business owners, and the Legislature is considering several bills to repeal the change. The House voted Wednesday to send a repeal bill for further study.
