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By Robert Nott and Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican |
January 17, 2021
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Helena van Heiningen, backup journal clerk in the house, gets tested for Covid19 by John Mayer, volunteer fire fighter and assistant chief in the Tesuque district of Santa Fe county fire, prior to the beginning of the legislative session on Friday, January 15, 2021.
The 2021 legislative session opens this week amid the most unusual circumstances imaginable: fences and barriers around a vulnerable Capitol building, plans for extensive online participation from lawmakers and even a suggested five-bill introduction limit in the state House of Representatives.
Updated: 10:10 PM EST November 3, 2020
NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA New Hampshire’s governor, a U.S. senator, and its two House members sought another term during the general election Tuesday. New Hampshire s secretary of state expected record voter turnout.
Democrats were seeking to maintain their dominance of New Hampshire s congressional delegation on Tuesday while Republicans hoped to regain lost ground. Three of the four members of the all-Democratic delegation were up for reelection: U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen faced Republican Corky Messner. First District Rep. Chris Pappas faced Republican Matt Mowers, and 2nd District Rep. Annie Kuster faced Republican Steve Negron.
While the state has been represented only by Democrats in Washington for the last four years, Republicans held some of the seats before that, and the 1st District in particular had swung back and forth between the parties.
BOSTON â A legal assistance program started by the Baker administration as a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures was set to end is looking to ramp up services and bring on a host of new attorneys as eviction cases for failure to pay rent are on the rise in the state.
The program, run by a group of regional legal aid organizations, provides assistance to both tenants and landlords facing pandemic-related eviction issues. Since the week beginning on Nov. 2 through the week starting on Dec. 14, over 4,000 new residential eviction cases for non-payment of rent have been filed in the Massachusetts Trial Court, according to court data.