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House Speaker Sherm Packard is seen in May 2017. (LLOYD JONES PHOTO)

CONCORD — Seven Democratic members of the N.H. House and the state Democratic Party have filed a lawsuit to require Republican Speaker Sherman Packard to provide a remote option for House sessions to legislators with medical conditions that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19.

The seven Democrats — including House Minority Leader Renny Cushing, who is being treated for stage 4 pancreatic cancer — say they otherwise risk serious illness or death because of COVID-19 and “reckless behavior” on the part of the Republican members.

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