NH Primary Source: Big crowd, record haul expected at Senate President Morse fundraiser
Salem Republican expected to raise $200K in first event since 2019 Share Updated: 3:59 AM EDT May 13, 2021 Senate President Chuck Morse
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Salem Republican expected to raise $200K in first event since 2019 Share Updated: 3:59 AM EDT May 13, 2021 MORSE RESUMES FUNDRAISING EFFORT. It’s a must-attend event for state Republicans and the State House crowd. Senate President Chuck Morse will hold his “Spring into Victory 2022” event at the Atkinson Country Club today at 5:30 p.m., and we understand a large crowd is expected to deliver a record haul. Morse did not hold an event last spring as the COVID-19 pandemic raged, but with vaccines becoming widespread, there’s comfort level now to host a crowd in person. We’re told he is expected to raise about $200,000 for his own Morse for Senate Committee, which is separate from the N
New Hampshire state Senate meets in person at State House
State Senator Rebecca Whitley (D-Hopkinton), left, and State Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) take a selfie before the session opened at Representative Hall at the State House on Thursday, May 13, 2021. GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff
State Senator Harold French (left) and State Senator Robert Giuda confer before the session at Representative Hall at the State House on Thursday, May 13, 2021. GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff
State Senator Lou D Allesandro (D-Manchester) bows his head during the opening prayer at the re-opening of the New Hampshire State Senate held at Representative Hall in the State House on Thursday, May 13, 2021. GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff
CONCORD Gov. Chris Sununu issued an order Thursday expanding access to mental health services, in response to a recent state Supreme Court ruling that psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention promptly.
The order adds beds at receiving facilities and ensures services are received from health care providers. It also ensures better community partnerships. This order will also review all mental health services across the entire state to determine if the providers we currently utilize are truly equipped and truly capable of meeting the need of New Hampshire citizens, and we are going to be exploring additional opportunities, both in and out state in the private sector, Sununu said at his weekly news conference.
Republicans lift mask mandate at New Hampshire Statehouse
Modified: 5/7/2021 10:10:21 PM
CONCORD Masks are no longer mandatory at the New Hampshire Statehouse, which remains closed to everyone but lawmakers and staff.
The Republican-led Joint Facilities Committee voted, 8-4, along party lines Friday to remove a requirement that masks be worn to prevent spread of the coronavirus in the Statehouse and legislative office building.
The vote comes three weeks after Republican Gov. Chris Sununu lifted a statewide mask mandate, leaving it up to individual communities, businesses and organizations to set their own policies.
Under the new Statehouse policy, legislators and staff can choose to wear masks and to require them for those who enter their personal workspaces, though most spaces are shared with others.
Mask mandate lifted at New Hampshire State House
Inspired by the quote next to the statue of former governor John Gilbert Winant on Park Street in downtown Concord “Wanting not only for ourselves, but for others also, a fairer chance for all people everywhere Patricia Wilczynski of Concord placed her mask on the statue and posed the question: What would John Winant do?
Published: 5/7/2021 4:33:14 PM
Masks are no longer mandatory at the New Hampshire State House, which remains closed to everyone but lawmakers and staff.
The Republican-led Joint Facilities Committee voted 8-4 along party lines Friday to remove a requirement that masks be worn to prevent spread of the coronavirus in the State House and legislative office building.