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State Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday November 05, 2023 ( 17 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Selects National Grid's Twin States Clean Energy Link as Part of $1.3 Billion Commitment to Build Out Nation's Transmission Infrastructure
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 31 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced Twin States Clean Energy Link, National Grid's proposed transmission project to support New England's climate, clean energy, and energy security goals, has been selected as one of three projects nationwide to receive investment through the U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Transmission Facili  more

Dartmouth College: Chris Christie on the Path to the Presidency
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 4 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Asserting that "character is the first and most important consideration" when choosing a president, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told a packed Loew Auditorium on Thursday that, in an era of seemingly intractable problems, it was time to "dispense with TV tough guys" who did not know which questions to ask, much less the solutions to propose. The Republican presidential candidate was at Dartmouth as   more

Dartmouth College: Cold War Spy Satellites Reveal Ancient Roman Forts
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * An analysis of declassified imagery identifies 396 forts spanning from Syria to Iraq. * * * Two-thousand years ago, forts were constructed by the Roman Empire across the northern Fertile Crescent, spanning from what is now western Syria to northwestern Iraq. In the 1920s, 116 forts were documented in the region by Antoine Poidebard, a Jesuit missionary who conducted one of the world's firs  more

Dartmouth College: From Ideas to Impact - Symposium on Digital Therapeutics
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 2 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: The Clinically-Validated Digital Therapeutics: Innovations in Scientific Discovery, Clinical Applications, and Global Deployment event convened health care leaders across academia, government, and industry at the Hanover Inn on Oct. 25. Hosted by the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, the digital heath summit, now in its second edition, is the only one of its kind situated in an aca  more

Dartmouth College: Ties Linking Jewish, Middle Eastern Studies Foster Dialogue
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 3 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: The Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies programs this week continued to promote open public dialogue in the aftermath of the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent war in Gaza, co-sponsoring a discussion featuring a Palestinian and Jewish writing and podcast team who have spent their careers focused on a vision of Israeli and Palestinian coexistence. Omar Dajani, a law professor at th  more

Driving Innovation, Discovery Education Reaches New Heights in New Hampshire Classrooms
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 2 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Education and Discovery Education are thrilled to announce that Granite State educators, students and families have reached one million engagements on the Discovery Education digital platform - helping to support learners statewide. Discovery Education is a worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learn  more

Franklin Pierce University Receives Provisional Accreditation for Hybrid Texas Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program
RINDGE, New Hampshire, Nov. 1 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news on Oct. 31, 2023: Approval paves the way to welcome inaugural co-hort in March 2024, expanding University's national footprint in graduate allied health education. In March 2024, after a requisite two-year, intensive planning and development process, Franklin Pierce University will officially launch its hybrid Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program at the school's newest Academic Center in Round  more

N.H. A.G. Formella: 603 Forward (SB 418 Lawsuit) Dismissal Order
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 4 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that on November 3, 2023, the Hillsborough South Superior Court issued an order granting the State's motion to dismiss in the matter 603 Forward, et al. v. David M. Scanlan, et al., Docket Nos. 226-2022-CV-00233 & 226-2022-CV-00236. This consolidated case involved several individual plaintiffs and organizational plaintiffs  more

N.H. Democratic Party: DeSantis Re-Ups His Dangerous Anti-Vaccine Conspiracies
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 2 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * Ahead of Ron DeSantis' town hall in New Hampshire, NHDP spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "As governor, Ron DeSantis has used his power to push dangerous anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, sowing distrust in lifesaving medical treatments while COVID deaths skyrocketed in Florida. DeSantis is just repeating his same dangerous political games with people's lives in Ne  more

N.H. Democratic Party: Headlines Haunting 2024 Republicans in New Hampshire
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 1 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: There aren't many things scarier than 2024 Republicans' nightmare MAGA agenda of rigging the economy for the ultra-rich, banning abortion nationwide, and making the world less safe -- and that's why these candidates are spook-tacularly failing in New Hampshire! Here are some of the terrible headlines haunting 2024 Republicans in New Hampshire: * DONALD TRUMP: https://thehill.com/homenews/ca  more

N.H. Democratic Party: Nikki Haley Can't Run From Her MAGA Agenda in New Hampshire
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 4 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * No matter what Nikki Haley says in New Hampshire, she can't run from her extreme MAGA record. Ahead of her town halls in the state today, NHDP spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Every time Nikki Haley visits New Hampshire, she reminds Granite Staters just how eager she is to push the MAGA agenda if elected: tax handouts for the ultra-rich, a nationw  more

N.H. Education Dept.: Applications Now Open for Third Round of SAFE Grants
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Today, the New Hampshire Department of Education opened its third round of applications for the Security Action for Education (SAFE) grants program, which will allocate $10 million to district and public charter schools to improve school security. Proposed school safety projects will aim to enhance access control, emergency alerting and surveillance. "This newest ro  more

N.H. Education Dept.: Driving Innovation, Discovery Education Reaches New Heights in New Hampshire Classrooms
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Education and Discovery Education are thrilled to announce that Granite State educators, students and families have reached one million engagements on the Discovery Education digital platform - helping to support learners statewide. Discovery Education is a worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning whereve  more

N.H. Education Dept.: Secretary Cardona Visits River Valley Community College
CLAREMONT, New Hampshire, Nov. 4 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: During a visit Friday to River Valley Community College in Claremont, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona stressed the need to elevate learning pathways and level the playing field for rural communities. "We are focused very, very heavily on reimagining pathways, doubling down on pathways, evolving high schools and college and industry partners. I feel strongl  more

N.H. Insurance Dept. Endorses National Association of Insurance Commissioners Comments on Proposed Mental Health Parity Rules
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 1 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: Today, the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) announces its endorsement of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) letter, dated October 2, 2023, addressing the proposed rules related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). These proposed rules, published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2023, signify a significant s  more

N.H. PUC Issues Order on Northern Utilities
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following gas order (No. 26,896) on Oct. 31, 2023, involving Northern Utilities Inc.: * * * Petition for Approval of Revenue Decoupling Adjustment Factor Order Nisi Approving Peak RDAF Rates on an Interim Basis and Suspending Non-Peak RDAF Tariff In this order, the Commission approves on a nisi and interim basis, pending further review and hearing, Northern Utilities, Inc.'s Peak Revenue Decoupling Adj  more

What You Need to Know About Anti-Vaxxer Ron DeSantis Arrow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to Ron DeSantis's so-called "medical freedom" town hall in New Hampshire today, DNC spokesperson Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: "Ron DeSantis's attempt to resurrect his old and tired anti-vaccine tantrum today is a reminder to voters that he played political games with Florida's COVID response at every turn in a cheap effort to score political points with the extreme MAGA  more