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New Hampshire's House of Representatives is seen from the Speaker's view in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Following Tuesday's elections Republicans have regained the majority of the 400-member body. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Judge refuses to order remote access to New Hampshire House

by Staff Report Staff and Wire ReportsFebruary 22, 2021

Gov. Chris Sununu signs HB 705 - that increases protections for sexual assault victims on college campuses - into law, while Sen. Jeb Bradley and Rep. Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien watch on July 20, 2020.

NH college students lead push for sexual assault law

by Eileen OGrady Concord Monitor February 22, 2021

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. Vermont lawmakers are expected to renew the debate in the new year about whether recreational marijuana should be legalized in the state, as it is in Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

New Hampshire marijuana legalization bills postponed to 2022

by Ethan Dewitt Concord MonitorFebruary 22, 2021

The State House dome as seen on March 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)

Committee votes to bump New Hampshire school voucher bill to 2022

by Ethan Dewitt Concord MonitorFebruary 18, 2021

A DoorDash driver starts to bag up an order in Daly City, Calif. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Christie Hemm Klok for The Washington Post.

NH restaurants push for tighter regulations on food delivery apps like Grubhub, Doordash

by Ethan Dewitt Concord MonitorFebruary 16, 2021

FILE - This combo of 2020 and 2021 file photos shows U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, during committee hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. Despite Vermont's reputation as one of the most liberal states, it is the only state that hasn't sent a woman or a member of a minority group to Congress. In the past 30 years there has been just one vacancy in the three-member delegation. (AP Photos/Pool, File)

Missing from Vermont’s congressional delegation? Diversity

by Wilson Ring Associated PressFebruary 14, 2021

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo a Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body camera during a demonstration in Los Angeles. An agreement with Boston's largest police union to have 100 officers wear body cameras was praised as a step toward greater accountability. But with the Sept. 1, 2016, rollout date for the pilot program approaching, not a single officer had volunteered to wear one. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

House hears bill to require and pay for police body body cameras

by Ethan Dewitt Concord MonitorFebruary 8, 2021

In this image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, presides over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Sen. Patrick Leahy hospitalized ‘out of an abundance of caution’

by Alan Fram Associated PressJanuary 26, 2021

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, to examine the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Leahy to preside over trial in Senate

by Kit Norton VtDiggerJanuary 25, 2021

Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has an opportunity to elevate the debate over the school voucher bill.

NH AG Gordon MacDonald renominated to be chief justice of state Supreme Court

by Ethan Dewitt Concord MonitorJanuary 21, 2021