CONCORD — The state on Monday denied InDepthNH.org’s Dec. 21, 2020, right-to-know request relative to how many state legislators and staffers contracted COVID-19 after House Speaker Dick Hinch died from
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CONCORD, NH – The state on Monday denied InDepthNH.org’s Dec. 21, 2020, right-to-know request relative to how many state legislators and staffers contracted COVID-19 after House Speaker Dick Hinch died from the virus two weeks earlier.
“In accordance with NH RSA 141-C:10, we do not release information relating to outbreaks unless there is a compelling public health reason to release information (such as potential community exposure or to control the spread of disease),” wrote Elizabeth Maynard, counsel to the state Department of Health and Human Services in an email.
The denial came the same day a federal judge refused to require Republican House Speaker Sherman Packard to allow a remote option for disabled Democratic members for this week’s sessions Wednesday and Thursday at the NH Sportsplex in Bedford.
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CONCORD – The state’s new House Speaker Richard W. Hinch, R-Merrimack, has died.
The 71-year-old was sworn in last week to a job he called the honor of his life.
“My heart goes out to his wife Pat and his family and we are saddened by his passing,” said House Democratic Leader Renny Cushing of Hampton.
Cushing learned of Hinch’s death late Wednesday afternoon from Deputy House Speaker Sherm Packard.
Gov. Chris Sununu said he was profoundly saddened to learn of Hinch’s death.
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House Clerk Paul Smith is pictured handing the Speaker’s gavel to Speaker Dick Hinch on Dec. 2 at Organization Day. (Paula Tracy/InDepthNH.org)
CONCORD, NH An autopsy of New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch revealed he died due to or related to COVID-19.
Hinch, a Republican state representative from Merrimack who was elected to the position Dec. 2, died Wednesday. He was 71.
The New Hampshire Attorney General s Office Thursday released autopsy information that revealed the COVID-19 diagnosis.
Subscribe During this difficult time, the family has requested that their privacy continue to be respected, Kate Giaquinto, the director of communications for the attorney general s office, said.