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
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.
Published April 04. 2021 11:49PM
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) The Easter and Passover holidays were accompanied Sunday by more relaxed restrictions on houses of worship and gatherings in New England, along with worries about the spread of COVID-19.
Many houses of worship required congregants to RSVP for a limited number of in-person service seats. Others held outdoor ceremonies. And, as has been the case throughout the pandemic, many had online services through Zoom, Facebook or YouTube.
Bishop Thomas Brown of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine said the Easter holiday felt different from last year. People now have a better understanding of the pandemic and they see light at the end of the tunnel as more people get vaccinated.
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