New Hampshire has a big dam problem, so lawmakers pitch new …
Dec 17, 2024 · Of the 64 state-owned dams classified as “high hazard” – meaning their failure could result in loss of life – 33 are in poor condition, said the chief engineer of the Department of Environmental Services’ Dam Bureau. “Each one of those high hazard dams, I mean, the risk associated, if that dam was to fail, […]
After preliminary objection, proposed landfill rules head back ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Among those asking JLCAR to issue a final objection to the rules is the North Country Alliance for Balanced Change, a citizen group that opposes the new landfill in the northern part of the state proposed by Casella Waste Systems.
Rain on snow: How climate change might be shortening New …
Dec 12, 2024 · Mount Washington is known for having the worst weather in the world, so the week before Christmas, most people would expect the summit to be consumed by snowy conditions. But on Dec. 17-19, 2023, precipitation on the mountain fell as rain.
Press conferences and policy fights: Sununu looks back on eight …
Dec 20, 2024 · About once every year for the past eight years, New Hampshire lawmakers had their shot at a moment with Gov. Chris Sununu. Away from the press, and off the legislative calendar, the governor’s staff would open up the Executive Council chambers, spread out muffins and coffee, and give smaller clusters of lawmakers a chance to connect.
As a new session begins, with 1,155 bills, here’s how to find, track ...
Jan 8, 2025 · New Hampshire’s 2025 legislative session is kicking off this month. But the flood of legislation proposed by lawmakers this year means State House staff are scrambling to get it all ready. All told, there have been 830 House bills and 325 Senate bills filed for …
Planned timber harvests in the Whites are not a threat to true 'old ...
Jan 8, 2025 · Charlie Niebling is a professional forester and forest landowner. Over the last 40 years, he has served as a partner with the consulting firm Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, general manager of New England Wood Pellet, vice president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, and executive director of …
In inaugural address, Ayotte warns of budget cuts, talks up EFAs ...
Jan 9, 2025 · After a campaign defined around what New Hampshire shouldn’t do – emulate its Democratic-run neighbor Massachusetts – Gov. Kelly Ayotte delivered an inaugural address Thursday that sought to carve out what the state should do. One answer Ayotte gave: reduce state government. Ayotte announced ...
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Want to fix food deserts and lower food prices? Enforce antitrust …
Dec 25, 2024 · For now, anyway, grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons aren’t going to merge into a single grocery megagiant to confront Walmart, another megagiant. But in many ways, the damage caused by 40 years of non-enforcement of relevant antitrust law is already done.
What is fairness? NH officials work to design civics curriculum – …
Jan 6, 2025 · Created by the 2023 state budget amendment bill, the commission is charged with designing a textbook and teaching curriculum “specifically designed for New Hampshire students and teachers to help them explore the history, heritage, and principles of the New Hampshire Constitution and the government it established.”