New Hampshire
Legislative Preview: The week ahead for New Hampshire lawmakers
BPT cut, real estate, traveler rail amongst things on the schedule
Service tax obligation cuts, leading the way for a brand-new marijuana sector, some vital costs concentrated on economical real estate as well as renewable resource as well as the future of traveler rail – all get on the schedule in what guarantees to be an additional hectic week in the NH Legislature.
Monday, April 18
The week begins Monday with your home Municipal as well as Area Federal government Board electing on 2 costs connected to real estate. Us senate Costs 239 would certainly ban community restrictions versus temporary services. Advocates state that the expense is even more of a concession, permitting towns to manage them however not prohibit them, while towns say that they hinder neighborhood control. The board will certainly elect on SB 400 – maybe the year’s most considerable labor force real estate expense – which offers rewards for towns that are economical real estate “champs” also more stringent timelines to accelerate authorization for advancements.
At The Same Time in the Us Senate, the Political Election Regulation as well as Municipal Matters Board will certainly hold a hearing on Home Costs 1307, which would certainly rather limit the Real estate Appeals Board’s territory, which worries real estate supporters like the NH Homebuilders Organization.
Tuesday, April 19
On Tuesday, your home Scientific Research as well as Power Innovation Board will certainly be electing on SB 271, which would certainly just about call for that the state Public Utilities Compensation regulation that ratepayers must fund the Citizen BioPower center in Berlin, in order to offer reputable renewable resource to the grid, along with get up low-grade timber for the neighborhood woodland sector.
The board will certainly additionally be electing on SB 262, which would certainly enable organizations with bigger renewable resource systems (from one to 5 megawatts) to make use of internet metering. Presently, just towns can be qualified. The expense will certainly additionally raise the internet metering price to some organizations with systems under a megawatt. The board will certainly additionally elect on SB 321, which would certainly enable big organizations not joining internet metering to obtain credit ratings when they send power to the grid when it is most required. Both costs are highly sustained by Tidy Power NH.
Ultimately, the board will certainly elect on SB 395, which would certainly enable the state to make use of government broadband financing to aid minimize “mobile treats” in even more backwoods.
In The Future in the day, the Us senate Transport Board will certainly hold a hearing on HB 1432, which would certainly ban making use of state funds for brand-new traveler rail jobs, consequently threatening numerous bucks of government financing. The expense is highly opposed by organization teams, particularly in Nashua, Manchester as well as Concord.
Wednesday, April 20
Wednesday begins with 2 questionable costs. The Us Senate Ways as well as Way Board will certainly hold a hearing HB 1598, a costs that would certainly not simply legislate marijuana in the state, however just enable the state (using the Alcohol Compensation) to market it. This would certainly open the state to an entire brand-new sector. Yet some say that the payment needs to accredit personal merchants rather, while others largely oppose legislating cannabis.
Later on that early morning, the Us senate Wellness as well as Person Solutions Board will certainly hold a hearing on HB 1210, among minority anti-vaccination costs still standing. It relates to almost all organizations as well as would certainly need them to give a staff member exception to their inoculation plans on premises of principles, though it does permit both sides to get to a “affordable lodging.” Business & Sector Organization highly opposes the expense along with a lot of the medical care sector, which might shed thousands of numerous bucks of Medicare as well as Medicaid financing must they throw government legislation, which does not permit such exceptions.
Likewise that early morning, your home Labor Board prepares to elect on SB 209, which would certainly offer business the right to pay employees online also if they intend to be paid with a paper check, as well as SB 345, which would certainly enable teens to function even more hrs throughout institution weeks.
In the mid-day, your home Business Board plans to elect on SB 121, which would certainly enable the Insurance policy Division to develop a state-based medical insurance exchange under the Affordable Treatment Act. Traditionalists declined creating an exchange since they opposed the ACA, so 10s of hundreds of Granite Staters currently make use of the government exchange to get medical insurance. Yet some currently believe that a state exchange will certainly offer the state with even more control over the procedure.
The Business Board is additionally arranged to elect on SB 210, which would certainly make it simpler for lessees to take part in choices to get their produced real estate parks. The initial expense, which would certainly have needed a half of all lessees – not simply those selecting to elect — however it was modified after hefty objection.
The board additionally prepares to elect SB 319, which would certainly enable insurer to offer rewards for those that obtain immunized, comparable to just how they compensate those for cigarette smoking cessation as well as weight-loss.
Ultimately, the board will certainly elect on SB 355, which would certainly call for on the internet marketing experts like Amazon.com to reveal sales of high quantities of particular product. The expense, highly sustained by the NH Retail Organization, would certainly aid police find criminal procedures that get up swiped product from brick-and-mortar shops as well as throw away it online.
Thursday, April 21
On Thursday, both chambers will certainly fulfill for last ballots on costs.
Amongst them is SB 438, which
Your house has actually arranged a ballot on SB 438, which would certainly call for big state service providers to make use of American-made steel. Challengers decry the procedure as protectionist.
The Us senate will certainly be electing on HB 1221, which would certainly decrease business revenues tax obligation price by a factor, to 7.5 percent. The initial expense was anticipated to pass quickly, however the Us Senate Ways as well as Way Board added a change that would certainly offer a one-time state 7.5% payment to the retired life system sets you back that are currently entirely birthed by towns.
New Hampshire
School closings and delays for Massachusetts and New Hampshire for Thursday, December 5
BOSTON – Several school districts in Massachusetts have announced a delayed opening on Thursday Dec. 5 due to snow in the forecast.
A winter weather advisory is in effect through 10 a.m. Thursday for central and western Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire. In some areas WBZ is forecasting 3-6″ of snow.
Take a look below for the full list of school closings and delays.
Delays on this page are current as of
New Hampshire
Dartmouth Health could take charge of Hampstead Hospital, N.H.’s mental health facility for children – The Boston Globe
The state bought the hospital in 2022 from a for-profit provider as an investment in the state’s continuum of care for mental and behavioral health. In 2023, the state decided it would also build a new youth detention facility alongside the hospital on the same campus. After facing criticism and safety concerns with a prior contractor, the state inked a deal this year with Dartmouth Health to provide clinical services at the hospital.
Current employees at Hampstead Hospital are working in temporary positions set to expire at the end of June, unless extended. Some councilors told WMUR last month they worry the temporary status could contribute to high turnover.
Under the proposed deal with Dartmouth Health’s Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, however, current non-union employees of Hampstead Hospital would be offered jobs with the nonprofit. Employees who are currently covered by a union contract or collective bargaining agreement would continue to be employed by the state.
In explaining the proposal to the executive councilors, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori A. Weaver wrote that the transaction is expected “to strengthen the facility’s ability to attract, retain, and train a robust workforce.”
Weaver said the $34 million operating budget that her agency recently submitted for Hampstead Hospital in the coming biennium “would be greatly reduced” if this deal takes effect.
The proposal calls for Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital to buy Hampstead Hospital’s operational assets for $631,000, then lease the 89,000-square-foot facility from the state as part of a joint operating agreement. The rent would start at nearly $1.2 million per year and increase 2.5 percent per year thereafter.
The facility offers more than 40 beds for children and adolescents, including a 23-bed secure acute psychiatric unit, according to the state.
Following an initial seven-year lease period, Dartmouth Health would have the option to re-up for three five-year extensions, according to the terms of the proposed contract. Whenever the lease expires or is terminated, the state would have the right to re-purchase Hampstead Hospital’s operational assets to keep running the facility.
Not everyone was immediately on board with the Sununu-backed deal. State Representative Erica Layon, a Republican from Derry who is sponsoring legislation to establish permanent state jobs for Hampstead Hospital staff, said on social media that leaders “should have a vibrant discussion” about which operational model would be best for the facility. Layon urged the councilors to table the contract until their final meeting on Dec. 18.
A version of this story first appeared in Globe NH | Morning Report, our free newsletter focused on the news you need to know about New Hampshire, including great coverage from the Boston Globe and links to interesting articles from other places. If you’d like to receive it via e-mail Monday through Friday, you can sign up here.
Steven Porter can be reached at steven.porter@globe.com. Follow him @reporterporter. Amanda Gokee can be reached at amanda.gokee@globe.com. Follow her @amanda_gokee.
New Hampshire
4 New Hampshire Fugitives Found In 5 Days: Follow-Up
CONCORD, NH — During the past two weeks, four prior fugitives of the week were apprehended and are now in custody, according to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.
Another fugitive, Melissa Ann Giuliana, who was also suspected of “violent tendencies” and was wanted on a probation violation after being convicted on drug charges and failing to appear, has also been found. She was featured in mid-July. Corrections received a tip that she was at her father’s house in Lynn, Massachusetts, according to a report. Police in Lynn went to the home on Oct. 22 and arrested her.
“A stolen vehicle was located at her father’s residence,” investigators said.
Officials said Giuliana remains in custody in Massachusetts, where she faces additional charges related to a pursuit that resulted in a crash with a Mass. State trooper cruiser and “potential involvement in other thefts,” officials said.
“Once extradited to New Hampshire,” a corrections statement said, “she will face charges for the probation violation, vehicle theft, operating after suspension, and animal cruelty, among other pending investigations.”
On Nov. 20, Richard Gary Blais, 39, was featured. He was wanted on a probation violation after a drug conviction.
Blais was arrested two days later after corrections received a tip that he was at a Manchester address.
Members of the NH Department of Corrections Probation-Parole, Manchester Police Department, and Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department determined he was in the basement, but according to corrections, Blais initially refused to come out.
“However, before a K-9 unit was deployed, he exited the basement and cooperated with the arrest,” a report stated.
Blais was taken to the Hillsborough County House of Corrections, where he is being held on a parole warrant.
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