Democratic legislative leaders ask that remote public access to hearings continue permanently
Funds sought in 2022-2023 budget to continue practice that began amid height of COVID-19 pandemic Share Updated: 7:32 PM EDT May 7, 2021
Funds sought in 2022-2023 budget to continue practice that began amid height of COVID-19 pandemic Share Updated: 7:32 PM EDT May 7, 2021 The Democratic leaders of the New Hampshire House and Senate are asking the Republican majority to find enough money in the next state budget to continue to provide remote public access to legislative hearings.They are further asking that the provision be made a permanent part of legislative operations. House Democratic Leader Renny Cushing said during a Friday news conference that a positive by-product of the COVID-19 pandemic has been to the state’s ability to provide remote access for people to watch and testify in committee hearings remotely.For more than a year, House and Senate hearin
MERRIMACK HAS ALWAYS been a civically engaged town where citizens across the political and ideological spectrums get involved.
We can recall 13 years ago, when local legislators happily passed on that their âMr. Merrimackâ was bringing his talents to the State House.
By then,
Dick Hinch already was a fixture in local politics, having chaired the Board of Selectmen and served on the townâs budget, zoning and library boards, as well as taking leadership roles in the local Lions, Rotary and Chamber of Commerce groups.
Hinch, 71 at the time of his death last week, was not a headline-seeker. He preferred to stay in the background and pull the levers of government power to get results.
MERRIMACK HAS ALWAYS been a civically engaged town where citizens across the political and ideological spectrums get involved.
We can recall 13 years ago, when local legislators happily passed on that their âMr. Merrimackâ was bringing his talents to the State House.
By then,
Dick Hinch already was a fixture in local politics, having chaired the Board of Selectmen and served on the townâs budget, zoning and library boards, as well as taking leadership roles in the local Lions, Rotary and Chamber of Commerce groups.
Hinch, 71 at the time of his death last week, was not a headline-seeker. He preferred to stay in the background and pull the levers of government power to get results.