June 10 Board of Aldermen: Meeting recap
read more…: June 10 Board of Aldermen: Meeting recapA recap of action items from the June 10 Board of Aldermen meeting.
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The Week in Washington: Updates from your NH Congressional Delegation
read more…: The Week in Washington: Updates from your NH Congressional DelegationNew Hampshire is represented in the 119th Congress by Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in the US Senate, Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Maggie Goodlander (NH-92) in the House of Representatives. Below are notifications about some of their legislative activities from the past week.
Hassan, Shaheen, Goodlander meet with AmeriCorps members, directors to discuss proposed program cuts
read more…: Hassan, Shaheen, Goodlander meet with AmeriCorps members, directors to discuss proposed program cuts“As we heard this morning, as we were talking about what the impact of potential cuts to the AmeriCorps program would be, it’s not going to save money,” said Senator Shaheen. “What it’s going to do is downshift those costs to local communities, and it’s going to actually cost us more. So this is all a foolhardy effort.
Senator Hassan on Director Noem’s hearing exchange: ‘I was truly shocked by her answer’
read more…: Senator Hassan on Director Noem’s hearing exchange: ‘I was truly shocked by her answer’“And the fact, I was hoping that she actually would be able to respond accurately to the question of what habeas corpus is and I was anticipating that we would have perhaps a difference of opinion about how easy it is for a president to decide to suspend it, what kind of process they have to do. And instead, I found that she was giving me a definition that was completely inverted.”
Hassan discusses with Nashua healthcare providers how cuts to Medicaid will affect patient care
read more…: Hassan discusses with Nashua healthcare providers how cuts to Medicaid will affect patient care“On the mind of everybody is the potential, the possibility that if the budget that the House passed will actually get passed by the Senate and signed into law, it will have a difficult and devastating effect on healthcare in New Hampshire and around the country The very wealthiest people in the country will get more tax breaks while healthcare is taken away from a really high number of Americans.” said the Seantor
Aldermen approve FY26 budget
read more…: Aldermen approve FY26 budgetBefore being amended by the budget review committee, the total general fund budget was $360,683,672, a 5.84 percent increase from last year’s budget, or 2.7 percent if including supplemental appropriations approved by the BOA. This results in a 6 percent tax increase.
The Week in Washington: Updates from your NH Congressional Delegation
read more…: The Week in Washington: Updates from your NH Congressional DelegationNew Hampshire is represented in the 119th Congress by Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in the US Senate, Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Maggie Goodlander (NH-92) in the House of Representatives. Below are notifications about some of their legislative activities from the past week.
Hassan, Goodlander meet with educators to discuss impact of DOE closure on Granite State students
read more…: Hassan, Goodlander meet with educators to discuss impact of DOE closure on Granite State students“I’d just like to say that as public educators, our number one commitment is to do what is best for our students. And we achieve that through federal funding. So, largely our federal funding. goes to our most at-risk kids. It is students from low-income families. It is students who are homeless. It is students with social and emotional needs.”
The Week in Washington: Updates from your NH Congressional Delegation
read more…: The Week in Washington: Updates from your NH Congressional DelegationNew Hampshire is represented in the 119th Congress by Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in the US Senate, Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Maggie Goodlander (NH-92) in the House of Representatives. Below are notifications about some of their legislative activities from the past week.
Ward 7 town hall with the mayor: Budget, rail trail, housing and what makes Nashua a thriving city
read more…: Ward 7 town hall with the mayor: Budget, rail trail, housing and what makes Nashua a thriving city“I believe very deeply that the reason we have the housing shortage that we have, the reason we have some of the problems that we encounter, is that we have a community that is safe, and that’s, like, number one – the police department and everyone else does a great job. We have a community that is safe, a community that people want to live in, and that’s why we have the housing pressure that we do, because more people want to live here than are leaving. And so, we’re fortunate in that regard, and I feel privileged to be the mayor of a city like Nashua.”