New Hampshire
Senate poised to block effort by House to repeal Sununu paid family leave program – New Hampshire Bulletin
The New Hampshire Senate seems poised to defeat an try by the Home to repeal Gov. Chris Sununu’s paid household and medical go away program, after lawmakers in a Senate committee beneficial the repeal effort be shelved.
Voting 4-1, the Senate Commerce Committee beneficial that Home Invoice 1165 – which might strike all statutory language associated to the brand new paid household go away program – be moved to “interim research,” a designation that will forestall it from passing this 12 months.
The advice will head subsequent to the total Senate.
Lawmakers handed the governor’s paid household go away proposal within the two-year state funds final 12 months, including it as a last-minute compromise merchandise throughout negotiations between the Home and the Senate.
The brand new program is meant to create a state-supported insurance coverage market to permit non-public employers to decide right into a paid go away coverage supplied by a provider. This system is designed to be bolstered by the state’s 10,000 public staff; underneath the statute, the state can pay the premiums for these staff, permitting insurers to craft insurance policies with a assured pool of beneficiaries as a place to begin.
Beneficiaries would obtain as much as six weeks of paid go away at 60 % of pay; premiums could be capped at $5 per particular person, monthly, state officers say.
The proposal continues to be in growth. The New Hampshire Insurance coverage Division despatched out a request for proposals from corporations in late March and is accepting bids till Might 9. The state’s staff unions haven’t but publicly stated whether or not they’ll settle for the profit of their subsequent contract.
This system has been introduced by Sununu as a method to supply employers choices for paid household and medical go away with out making the profit necessary. Previous proposals by Democrats had included necessary participation – a mannequin utilized by different states with common paid go away packages – with Democrats arguing the strategy was vital to construct a threat pool sufficiently big to maintain premiums low.
However whereas Republican lawmakers handed the brand new program as a part of the funds final 12 months, Republicans within the Home have voiced opposition, arguing that it might show expensive to the state in the long term.
“Over time, this FMLI will morph right into a public sector profit/entitlement paid for by taxpayers,” stated Rep. Len Turcotte, a Barrington Republican. The repeal invoice handed the Home, 172-164, with Democrats opposing it, arguing that it must be mounted however not eradicated.
Republican senators seem supportive of the governor’s program – or at the very least supportive of letting or not it’s.
“Loads of work has been put into standing up this program,” stated Sen. Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican, throughout Tuesday’s Senate Commerce Committee assembly. “I see no motive that we must always simply repeal it.”
Sen. Harold French, a Franklin Republican and the chairman of the committee, stated he voted towards the paid household go away plans “time after time.”
“Nonetheless, we put this in our funds; it’s a Republican funds,” he stated. “We must always give it the prospect to see if it may be profitable or not.”
New Hampshire
Finally a win – New Hampshire Mountain Kings have ended losing streak after 6-3 vs. Elmira Aviators – The Rink Live
On Friday, the New Hampshire Mountain Kings ended their wretched run of six straight defeats with a win over the Elmira Aviators.
The final score was 6-3.
The Mountain Kings started off strong and took the lead at the beginning of the game with
Zemnickis Linards
scoring in the first period, assisted by
Oli Genest
.
The Aviators tied it up 1-1 with a goal from
Charlie Fink
in the first period, assisted by
Alexis Billequey
and
Clarence Beltz
.
The Mountain Kings took the lead halfway through the first period when Tanner Anctil scored, assisted by
Santeen Golja
and
Cole Roenick
.
The Mountain Kings’
Jake Hutchen
increased the lead to 3-1 late in the first, assisted by
Rogiero Cacciarelli
.
One goal were scored in the second period, and the Mountain Kings led 3-2 going in to the third period.
The Mountain Kings increased the lead to 4-2 early in the third period when Kim Hilmersson found the back of the net, assisted by
Damon Bossie
.
Alexander Duhon
made it 5-2 with a goal nine minutes later.
Kai Elkie
narrowed the gap to 5-3 with a goal five minutes later, assisted by
Ben Costantino
.
The Mountain Kings increased the lead to 6-3 with 32 seconds remaining of the third after a goal from Oli Genest.
Next games:
The teams meet again on Saturday at 6 p.m. CST, this time in Elmira at LECOM Event Center.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire – Southern New Hampshire University recently announced its dean’s list for the summer semester.
The list honors full-time undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.5 to 3.69. The students also must earn 12 credits during the 16-week or paired eight-week summer, winter or spring and fall semesters.
Students from the Sauk Valley area named to the dean’s list include:
- Destinee Howard of Sterling
- Xia Harris of Sterling
- Casondra Bailey of Mt. Morris
We finally made it to the weekend — a decent weekend at that! But big weather changes are right around the corner.
As we move through this Saturday, a weak cold front will swing through Eastern Mass and southern New Hampshire, giving way to a few morning showers and sprinkles.
Otherwise, we’ll see partly sunny skies. Skies will gradually clear by evening. High temperatures will rise into the low 70s. Tonight, a few clouds are possible with low temperatures in the low 50s.
Hey, talking about tonight — you might have a chance to see the Northern Lights. The K-Index is hinting at a decent opportunity tonight, especially over northern New England.
So, the farther north you are, the better the likelihood to see the aurora. And with a mostly clear sky expected, it should be ideal to experience it. Let us know if you see the aurora!
On Sunday, with the cold front to our south, expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be a tad cooler, too, reaching the mid 60s for highs. Lows will drop into the low 50s.
Umbrella weather is headed our way for Monday! In fact, we’re tracking a stronger cold front that will slide through Boston. So, expect showers Monday morning during the morning commute through at least the mid-afternoon. No severe weather is in the forecast. Highs will be in the mid 60s.
Another surge of cooler weather will push in from Tuesday into Wednesday, delivering quite a chill to Greater Boston. In fact, highs will be in the upper 50s for both Wednesday and Thursday with morning temperatures in the mid to upper 40s.
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