(Thursday afternoon, April 1, update)UNHAPPY WITH RESPONSE. State Democratic lawmakers are unhappy with a response they received from the executive director of the Governorâs Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery to their request for more detailed information on the distribution of COVID-19 relief funds.Four leaders of the Democratic minority in the House and Senate asked for âspending reports and disbursementsâ of CARES Act funds - the massive program passed by Congress and signed into law by then-President Donald Trump more than a year ago â in a March 10 letter to GOFERR Executive Director Taylor Caswell. The Democratsâ March 10 letter to Caswell is here.The Democratic offices of the House and Senate said Thursday that on Wednesday, the lawmakers â Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy, Sen. Lou DâAllesandro, House Democratic Leader Renny Cushing and Rep. Mary Jane Wallner â received a response from Caswell. Caswellâs respons
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CONCORD, NH – Gov. Chris Sununu promised at his Thursday press conference to look into whether reports showing how agencies and private organizations spent federal CARES Act funds he awarded them are public documents.
InDepthNH.org asked for the reports two weeks ago and Sununu responded then by saying the state website is very transparent, although the reports were not published there, and Sununu’s spokesman hasn’t responded to questions about them since.
On Thursday, Sununu again stressed the transparency of the state’s Governor’s Office For Economic Relief and Recovery website when it comes to the federal $1.25 billion spending, but wasn’t sure if what he called “audit” documents detailing how agencies and private organizations spent the funds are public information.
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Members of New Hampshire’s House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee participate in a livestream video meeting. After her cat, Yoshi, showed up on screen, at left on second row from the top, Rep. Anita Burroughs, a Democrat from Glen, said she was told lawmakers are no longer allowed to have pets in the room during such meetings. AP
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New Hampshire reports 321 new COVID cases; Durham has 104 active cases
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CONCORD – New Hampshire health officials reported 320 new positive test results for COVID-19 Friday, giving the state 2,240 active cases and a total of 76,422.
The state s death toll remained 1,178 (1.54% of all cases) with 838 associated with long-term care facilities (71% of all deaths).
Durham had 104 active cases as of Friday s report, the most on the Seacoast, followed by Portsmouth (53), Dover (40), Barrington (39), Exeter (29), Rochester (26), Hampton (21), Seabrook (20) and Somersworth (17).
The new cases included 42 people under age 18. The rest are adults with 50% female and 50% male. They reside in Rockingham (87), Strafford (47), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (37), Cheshire (27), Merrimack (20), Carroll (16), Belknap (12), Coos (8), Grafton (8), and Sullivan (4) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (31) and Nashua (8). The county of resi