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A controversial “parental rights” bill requiring schools to notify parents if their child questions their gender identity advanced Thursday, after House negotiators reversed course in their opposition.
Unless lawmakers find a way to extend the deadline, the Department of Health and Human Services will have to send juveniles out of state if it can’t find other options here.
Last year, lawmakers gave the state Department of Health and Human Services until March 1, 2023, to close the Sununu Youth Services Center and relocate the five to 10 juveniles typically detained there. Last week, they killed the bill that would have given the department the money, guidance, and authority to meet that deadline.
All things being equal, qualified contractors who use domestic steel would get priority in bidding on state projects. That’s the deal reached by House and Senate lawmakers that will allow a bill mainly setting up a framework to regulate cryptocurrency...
On Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu vowed to veto the bill over concerns about the consequences for children, putting the bill’s prospects in serious doubt.