The New Hampshire Executive Council tabled a $1.2 million extension of an existing contract to bolster the Granite Steps for Quality program and provide more professional development opportunities related to caring for children with special needs.  In Wednesday’s meeting, the Executive Council voted against providing additional funding to the Pyramid Model Consortium, a national resource […]

After a tense debate Wednesday, the New Hampshire Executive Council killed a nearly $36 million design contract for a new prison in Concord — a project that has been lingering on the state’s to-do list for years — over concerns that the Corrections Department and Public Works didn’t do enough to get the best deal. […]

The New Hampshire State House isn’t always known for being technologically savvy, but the Executive Council moved a step further into the digital age Wednesday with a meeting live stream. Up until Wednesday, residents could either come to the meeting in person, dial in and listen via phone, or read about the meeting in the […]

During a lengthy meeting Wednesday, the New Hampshire Executive Council approved the contract for the fifth “hub” in the state’s marquee rural health program. The contract will provide $21.6 million to the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association. The association will in turn spend the money on projects aimed at addressing substance use disorder in […]

The New Hampshire Executive Council is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to confirm Gerard Boyle, Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s pick for Youth Development Center settlement fund administrator. Boyle’s confirmation would solidify the transition of the administrator position from independent to political appointee. The YDC settlement fund is a pool of money the state set aside […]

After temporarily putting the brakes on the contracts to allow for heavier scrutiny, the New Hampshire Executive Council approved roughly $130 million in funding disbursement for its new marquee rural health program. New Hampshire is set to receive roughly $200 million annually through the end of the decade from the federal government’s Rural Health Transformation […]

Christopher Ellms, former deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Energy, was confirmed by the New Hampshire Executive Council Wednesday to serve as the new chairman of the Public Utilities Commission.  Ellms will lead the three-member body, which functions like a court to regulate the state’s utilities, issuing orders on utility expenditures and proposed […]