© 2022 New Hampshire Public Radio.Play Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to give lawmakers more say in future states of emergency.Under the bill, governors would retain a free hand to declare a 30-day state of emergency. But the Legislature would have to approve any extension of those orders. If circumstances didn't allow lawmakers to meet, a governor's emergency acts would renew in 14 day increments until lawmakers could weigh in.Deerfield Republican Rep. Terry Roy said this bill profited from bipartisan input and is informed...…© 2022 New Hampshire Public Radio.Play Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to give lawmakers more say in future states of emergency.Under the bill, governors would retain a free hand to declare a 30-day state of emergency. But the Legislature would have to approve any extension of those orders. If circumstances didn't allow lawmakers to meet, a governor's emergency acts would renew in 14 day increments until lawmakers could weigh in.Deerfield Republican Rep. Terry Roy said this bill profited from bipartisan input and is informed...WW…

© 2022 New Hampshire Public Radio.Play Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe New Hampshire House will vote this week on its state budget proposal. The Republican written plan differs in key ways from the spending plan proposed by Gov. Chris Sununu. And it includes policies Sununu says he would veto.NHPR's Rick Ganley spoke with senior political reporter Josh Rogers about the policy and the politics behind the House budget plan.Rick Ganley: So let's talk about dollars and cents: What's notable in this budget?Josh Rogers: Well, it's not an austerity budget exactly, but it is one...…© 2022 New Hampshire Public Radio.Play Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe New Hampshire House will vote this week on its state budget proposal. The Republican written plan differs in key ways from the spending plan proposed by Gov. Chris Sununu. And it includes policies Sununu says he would veto.NHPR's Rick Ganley spoke with senior political reporter Josh Rogers about the policy and the politics behind the House budget plan.Rick Ganley: So let's talk about dollars and cents: What's notable in this budget?Josh Rogers: Well, it's not an austerity budget exactly, but it is one...WW…

Republican N.H. House Speaker Dies Of COVID-19 New Hampshire Republicans elected Rep. Dick Hinch as speaker of the House after the GOP took control of the chamber in November. Hinch's death, now known to be of COVID-19, was announced Wednesday.Dan BarrickTodd BookmanFromRep. Dick Hinch, a Republican who was elected speaker of the New Hampshire House just one week ago, died of COVID-19 on Wednesday. This comes about a month before the state legislature, the largest in the U.S., is expected to convene for its regularly scheduled annual session. The state's attorney general, Gordon MacDonald,...…Republican N.H. House Speaker Dies Of COVID-19 New Hampshire Republicans elected Rep. Dick Hinch as speaker of the House after the GOP took control of the chamber in November. Hinch's death, now known to be of COVID-19, was announced Wednesday.Dan BarrickTodd BookmanFromRep. Dick Hinch, a Republican who was elected speaker of the New Hampshire House just one week ago, died of COVID-19 on Wednesday. This comes about a month before the state legislature, the largest in the U.S., is expected to convene for its regularly scheduled annual session. The state's attorney general, Gordon MacDonald,...WW…

Gov. Chris Sununu has declined to join most other Republican governors in signing a letter in support of confirming Judge , President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. As NHPR’s Josh Rogers reports, Sununu joined GOP governors on similar letters in support of Trump’s previous high court nominations. Listen Listening... 0:48 Listen to the broadcast version of this story by Josh Rogers. A Sununu campaign spokesman said Governor Sununu didn’t sign the Republican Governors Association letter supporting the nomination of Judge Barrett because, “As Governor, Chris Sununu, has no role in the...…Gov. Chris Sununu has declined to join most other Republican governors in signing a letter in support of confirming Judge , President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. As NHPR’s Josh Rogers reports, Sununu joined GOP governors on similar letters in support of Trump’s previous high court nominations. Listen Listening... 0:48 Listen to the broadcast version of this story by Josh Rogers. A Sununu campaign spokesman said Governor Sununu didn’t sign the Republican Governors Association letter supporting the nomination of Judge Barrett because, “As Governor, Chris Sununu, has no role in the...WW…

A host at a Nashua radio station has lost her show over a racist Facebook video. WSMN radio fired Dianna Ploss after the video she posted, showing her accosting Spanish-speaking workers, went viral. In the video, which Ploss shot and broadcast over Facebook live on Friday, she can be heard confronting the workers on a landscaping crew on Nashua’s Main Street. “It’s English; it’s English,” Ploss says, as she paces the sidewalk. “It is America; you should be speaking English.” She also repeatedly interrogates the crew’s foreman about the workers’ immigration status; asks where Gov. Chris...…A host at a Nashua radio station has lost her show over a racist Facebook video. WSMN radio fired Dianna Ploss after the video she posted, showing her accosting Spanish-speaking workers, went viral. In the video, which Ploss shot and broadcast over Facebook live on Friday, she can be heard confronting the workers on a landscaping crew on Nashua’s Main Street. “It’s English; it’s English,” Ploss says, as she paces the sidewalk. “It is America; you should be speaking English.” She also repeatedly interrogates the crew’s foreman about the workers’ immigration status; asks where Gov. Chris...WW…