STATE HOUSE UPDATE
By Dick Thackston State Rep. Cheshire 12 – Troy & Fitzwilliam
Top Stories:
Massive budget trailer puts numbers to Sununu’s vision
The trailer bill to the proposed two-year state budget emerged Thursday, a massive package that overhauls state licensing and aid to public school education while spending nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in state surplus on pet projects.
The long-awaited, catch-all bill contains a record 95,000 words, and 108 different sections that make 538 unique changes in state laws, all designed to carry out Gov. Chris Sununu’s $13.9 billion spending blueprint.
State statutes compel the Legislature to spell out any changes in laws necessary to execute a state budget in a separate bill (HB 2).
New Hampshire Is King of the Road
Start your engines and get ready to roll: New Hampshire has been rated with the best roads in the country at one of the lowest costs per mile.
Moneygeek, a personal finance website, looked at road conditions throughout the country using data from the United States Department of Transportation and other sources and found New Hampshire is king of the road.
New Hampshire Is King of the Road
State Government In The News:
NH Supreme Court deadlocks on whether governor’s office must turn over emails https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-03-02/nh-supreme-court-deadlocks-on-whether-governors-office-must-turn-over-emails
8 items in Sununu’s budget that didn’t make his address
8 items in Sununu’s budget that didn’t make his address
Study: Some of the nation’s best roads run through New England
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_hampshire/article_5ea3823c-b914-11ed-8ebe-db712a1db005.html
House gets it right: Rejects central planning https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/editorials/house-gets-it-right-rejects-central-planning/article_275d4b52-647c-5c8c-a04b-b3443c6637c2.html
National:
America’s low labor participation rate ‘a social and economic disaster,’ experts warn
Additional Stories:
New Hampshire woman pleads guilty to threatening election official https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-woman-pleads-guilty-threatening-election-official/43169921
New Hampshire safety officials say hoax threats made against some schools Thursday https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-school-threats-3223/43163111
New Boston nurse accused of breaking patient’s fingers goes on trial https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/new-boston-nurse-accused-of-breaking-patients-fingers-goes-on-trial/article_97b29acb-19fd-5d42-9bab-8a139b058b9c.html?block_id=868819
Laconia High School a target in statewide shooting hoax