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OK, I think most readers here in NH know about the lawsuit concerning the NH voter list brought by the NH ACLU and NH State Rep Neal Kurk over sending that list to the Trump Administration’s election integrity commission. Well, I guess there was a settlement in this kerfuffle. |More…
SALISBURY – Peter Gagnon, a New Hampshire high school educator charged with causing a drunken row at Ten’s Show Club this spring, avoided jail time Friday but was ordered to stay away from the Salisbury Beach strip club.
As part of a plea deal with prosecutors in Newburyport District Court, the 37-year-old Pelham, New Hampshire, resident saw charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct continued without a finding for a year. A trespassing charge was dismissed.
During that time, Gagnon must remain drug and alcohol free and write a letter of apology to the Salisbury Police Department. *| More…
Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin and other opioid drugs, is being sued by the state of New Hampshire. In a statement issued yesterday, the Office of the Attorney General said it filed the suit at the conclusion of an investigation that began in September, 2 0 1 5. Prosecutors say the investigation produced evidence that led them to conclude that Purdue has committed numerous violations of the state’s Consumer Protection Act, Medicaid Fraud Act and other state laws and should be subject to a civil enforcement action. The 100-page civil complaint, which we’ve uploaded with this news read, was filed yesterday in the Merrimack County Superior Court alleges. It alleges the drug maker. | More…
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Some GOP donors are getting donor’s remorse after their party failed to deliver a repeal and replace of Obamacare — like they had been promising.
Bob Heghmann, a former New Hampshire attorney, filed a lawsuit against the GOP demanding that they return his donations.
The suit reads, the GOP “has been engaged in a pattern of Racketeering which involves massive fraud perpetrated on Republican voters and contributors as well as some Independents and Democrats.” | More…
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City Councilor Brad Lown said he might make a motion to put a referendum on the ballot to allow Keno gambling in Portsmouth if the city could receive some of the proceeds.
“If there is going to be revenue coming back to the city I think the taxpayers should have a right to put this on the ballot and vote it up or down,” Lown said during this week’s council meeting. | More..
For years, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services included questions about pain management in patient satisfaction surveys that were linked to payment, encouraging a standard of patient-pleasing over good medicine. This fostered a culture that encouraged health care providers to offer pain-relieving prescriptions, popular with patients, without adequate regard for the potential long-term downside to these drugs. | More…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned North Korea about facing “fire and fury” if the isolated nation makes more threats against the United States.
“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” Trump told reporters, speaking slowly and deliberately with his arms crossed in front of him. “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening … and as I said they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.” | CNBC
California State University, Fresno is sidelining a professor until his contract runs out after he made national headlines for tweeting that President Trump “must hang.”
“Dr. Lars Maischak, Fresno State History lecturer, will not be teaching this fall,” Fresno State President Joseph Castro announced Friday, explaining that Maischak will be required to convert two classes to an online format so as to fulfill his “unit requirement” under the school’s collective bargaining agreement until the contractual obligation ends in December. | More…
The Telegraph of Nashua found itself in an awkward situation for a newspaper recently. Turmoil in the paper’s management was making the headlines.
The paper’s top editor was fired last week. Another senior editor quit. This comes less than a year after the Telegraph’s managing editor left in protest. Former employees say much of the unrest is due to the paper’s owners, an out-of-state chain that bought The Telegraph four years ago. | More…
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s governor and his Vermont counterpart are talking about facing off on the race track.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu tweeted a challenge to fellow GOP Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont on Monday, saying that “rumor on the street is that you race cars.” Mentioning his most recent racing exploits — drag racing mini school buses on Saturday and losing in the final— Sununu then asked if Scott was “up for a race.”
Scott, who is one of Vermont’s most popular stock car racers, tweeted back “You’re on, @GovChrisSununu. But, I don’t just race cars… I’ll let you pick the vehicle.” | More…
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