NH lawmakers push claim of disability over in-person legislating during COVID-19
Modified: 4/5/2021 9:15:47 PM
CONCORD Federal appellate judges on Monday questioned whether the New Hampshire House has undermined the Americans With Disabilities Act by insisting on in-person sessions during the coronavirus pandemic, while also suggesting that vaccinations have made the issue moot.
Seven Democratic lawmakers sued Republican House Speaker Sherm Packard in February arguing that holding in-person sessions without a remote option for medically vulnerable lawmakers violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and has forced them to either risk their lives or abandon their duties as elected officials.
A U.S. District Court judge in Concord later ruled that the speaker can’t be sued for enforcing House rules, prompting an appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which held oral arguments Monday. Because of coronavirus precautions, only an audio recording of the hear
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CONCORD New Hampshire is offering a third COVID-19 mass vaccination event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Gov. Chris Sununu announced the Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11 event, which is by appointment only at vaccines.nh.gov using the state s Vaccine & Immunization Network Interface, known as VINI. The state hopes to vaccinate 12,000 individuals at the speedway this weekend with doses being administered 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. both days.
Prior to release to the general public, the state alerted by text and email notification those individuals who earlier qualified due to medical vulnerabilities or who are 50-plus and have not yet scheduled an appointment, or currently have an appointment scheduled in late April or beyond.
Appeals court considers remote access to New Hampshire House
HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Federal appellate judges on Monday questioned whether the New Hampshire House has undermined the Americans With Disabilities Act by insisting on in-person sessions during the coronavirus pandemic, while also suggesting that vaccinations have made the issue moot.
Seven Democratic lawmakers sued Republican House Speaker Sherm Packard in February arguing that holding in-person sessions without a remote option for medically vulnerable lawmakers violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and has forced them to either risk their lives or abandon their duties as elected officials.
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