CONWAY — Although he doesn’t plan to seek another term, Rep. Ed Butler (D-Hart’s Location) is keeping plenty busy in politics amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Butler has been appointed to Gov. Chris Sununu’s Governor’s Economic Re-Opening Task Force, which has been tasked to “develop a plan and oversee the state and private-sector actions needed to reopen New Hampshire’s economy while minimizing the adverse impact on public health.”
The task force held its first meeting Wednesday afternoon by teleconference with 500 people logging on to the two-hour meeting.
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