In a hearing Tuesday afternoon, the New Hampshire House Committee on Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs will hear testimony on HB1022. The Bill would allow pharmacists to “dispense ivermectin to persons in this state without a prior prescription.”
New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives has approved a plan redrawing the state’s two congressional districts, brushing aside claims from Democrats that the political maps were gerrymandered. The reconfigured maps could hurt Democrat U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas.
“We cut the rooms and meals tax to its lowest level in over a decade and yet we still sent even more money back to cities and towns,” Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said in a statement. “Instead of downshifting costs, we downshifted cash, giving cities and towns extra flexibility — a win for our citizens.”
A teachers union has filed a federal lawsuit over New Hampshire’s ban on teaching “divisive concepts” about race, culture and ethnicity. The union’s lawyers argue that that statute is “unconstitutionally vague” making it impossible for educators to teach on race and ethnicity to students.
New Hampshire is the freest state in the U.S. compared to the rest of the country, while New York is the least free, according to the CATO Institute’s latest “Freedom in the 50 States” report.
Two weeks ago, the commission voted to reject a three-year energy efficiency plan and slashed funding for energy efficiency programs over the next two years, in a move aimed at providing relief to energy consumers who help fund the program.
The ruling applies to the 10 states in the lawsuit — Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
“There’s no doubt we are seeing record levels of cases and hospitalizations,” Gov. Sununu told reporters during a briefing. “This winter surge that we predicted is now unfortunately rearing its ugly head, and we are definitely in the throes of it, not just in New Hampshire but all across New England.”
A proposal approved Tuesday by the Legislature’s Education Committee would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates in public and private schools, hospitals and businesses.
President Joe Biden visited New Hampshire on Tuesday to tout the newly signed $1 trillion infrastructure plan, saying it will improve the lives of tens of millions of working-class Americans while fixing roads, bridges and expanding internet access.
The Biden administration’s vaccine mandates for private employers, health care workers, and federal contracts will exacerbate New Hampshire’s workforce shortage and supply chain issues, according to a new report by a legislative committee.
New Hampshire stands to get more than $2.05 billion from the spending bill over the next five years, including at least $1.1 billion for highway upgrades and $225 million for bridge repairs, according to a breakdown provided by the White House.