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NH Department of Corrections faces challenges filling positions

Missing workers in more than one-third of its security positions, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections continues to struggle to fully staff the state’s prisons.Currently, 179 out of 499 security staff positions are open, a 36% vacancy rate.

Municipal officials cite a trail of broken promises on retirement

Bid to curtail unemployment benefits meets New Hampshire Senate skepticism

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Garry Rayno: Emergency powers boost for NH governors may be curtailed

A number of reasons are cited: New Hampshire is one of only two states — Vermont is the other — who elect their governor every two years; all other states elect their governors to four-year terms. But New Hampshire and Vermont, unlike many states with four-year terms, do not have a limit on how many terms a governor may serve. Likewise, only two states retain executive councils, a vestige of Colonial times to curb executive power, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. New Hampshire’s Executive Council has real power by having to approve all state contracts over $10,000, which Massachusetts’ council does not, although both approve judicial nominations and pardons. The New Hampshire council also approves agency department heads, which Massachusetts does not.