The Granite State Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan, a key part of Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s agenda, will provide qualifying workers with 60% of their average weekly wage for up to six weeks per year. Sununu has billed the new voluntary paid leave law as “the first of its kind” in the nation.
New Hampshire law enforcement officials will be barred from enforcing federal firearms statutes and rules under a bill signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu, which comes in response to concerns about tightening gun control laws.
Republican lawmakers who pushed the bill through the Legislature argued that the state is flush with surplus revenue and can afford to give pandemic-battered businesses a tax break. Democrats opposed the changes.
In New Hampshire, some districts are seeking to incorporate security designs into new buildings – such as panic buzzers, electronic door locks, high-tech cameras and specialized glass meant to slow down a shooter. Other schools want to create secure vestibules, where visitors are screened, at the main entrance.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu blamed “unprecedented Washington spending that has unleashed record inflation, uncertainty in the energy market following President Biden’s anti-domestic energy policies, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.”
New Hampshire is known as the “Live Free or Die” state that prides itself on a low financial burden for residents with no personal income or sales taxes. But when it comes to local property – or real estate – taxes, not so much.
Local utilities serving the Granite State are preparing to adjust what they charge for electricity. The cost of natural gas has skyrocketed, and that pain is about to find ratepayers’ pockets.
New Hampshire boasts one of the strongest performing economies in the nation, according to a new report from the personal finance website WalletHub.
The New Hampshire Executive Council last week approved a request from the state Department of Safety to spend about $720,000 to provide grants to nearly 30 police agencies seeking to use the new technology.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has set congressional maps for the state drawn by a special master after Republican Gov. Chris Sununu and lawmakers were unable to agree on a final redistricting plan.
The pension fund, which was valued at $11.5 billion as of March 31, has seen few gains over the past nine months amid volatility in the stock market, the report shows. “Market volatility is always an issue,” Karlon said. “That’s why over the past 10 years NHRS have lowered their assumptions.”
A proposal would prevent government agencies from releasing any information that “directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor of financial or nonfinancial support.” The legislation is now headed to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk.