CONCORD — As soon as House Speaker Sherman Packard announced Rep. Ken Weyler (R-Kingston) was stepping down from chairing the Joint Fiscal
Committee, Democrats criticized him for appointing Rep. Karen Umberger, a Republican from Kearsarge, to take Weyler’s place.
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