Chris Sununu

New Hampshire reported 21 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday amid what Gov. Chris Sununu described as a “very severe” winter surge. “Like the rest of New England, New Hampshire continues to experience the winter surge we’d always predicted,” the governor said. “It’s very severe. Not just in the number of cases, but in the number of hospitalizations, in the number...

Gov. Chris Sununu said New Hampshire is seeing the highest level of COVID-19 cases at any point in the pandemic.

With New Hampshire now seeing its highest levels of COVID-19 of the pandemic, the governor Tuesday predicted “a bumpy road” ahead, with as much as another month of rising cases. “The next few weeks are going to be very telling,” Gov. Chris Sununu said. “I think it’s going to be a bumpy road.” “COVID is not gone,” he added....

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is taking issue with some of his party’s priorities in Washington, D.C. He said on Sunday that fellow Republicans’ attacks on members of the party who supported the recently signed bipartisan infrastructure bill “says that we have our priorities wrong.” Sununu was on CNN’S “State of the Union” Sunday morning and had been asked...

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday denounced a conservative group’s offer to pay $500 to the first person who “catches” a public school teacher violating New Hampshire’s new limits on the discussion of systemic racism and other topics. Sununu had opposed an earlier version of the legislation that echoed a Trump administration order and sought to ban discussion of...

President Joe Biden visited New Hampshire Tuesday, touting his infrastructure plan at a bridge that badly needs repairs.

President Joe Biden visited New Hampshire Tuesday to tout the bipartisan infrastructure deal he signed into law this week that will pump more than $1 trillion into the country’s arteries. Biden walked across the the Pemigewasset River Bridge in Woodstock amid light snow and discussed how the infrastructure deal will help upgrade roads, bridges and other critical parts of the…

Decrying gridlock in Washington and a love for what he can do in his current job, Gov. Chris Sununu said he won’t be challenging Sen. Maggie Hassan in 2022 and will instead run for reelection.

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as New Hampshire governor.

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as governor of New Hampshire. “My responsibility is not to the gridlock and politics of Washington,” Sununu said. “It’s to the citizens of New Hampshire.” He said ultimately he felt he could accomplish more as governor than as...

New Hampshire’s Executive Council on Wednesday approved using federal funds to boost COVID-19 vaccination efforts in a vote that involved much less drama — and money — than previous requests. Two weeks ago, the Republican-led council that approves state contracts turned down $27 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over concerns that language in the grants would…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu criticized fellow Republicans on the state’s Executive Committee for rejecting federal COVID relief funds.

New Hampshire’s Executive Council on Wednesday rejected $27 million in federal funds for vaccination outreach, thrilling outspoken activists who previously derailed a public meeting and delayed the vote. Nine were arrested Wednesday after audience members repeatedly interrupted the debate. Among other things, the money would have allowed the state to hire a public health manager and a dozen workers to…

Gov. Chris Sununu is calling for the removal of a New Hampshire state representative, a fellow Republican, from his position as head of the legislative fiscal committee, saying the lawmaker is continuing to spread COVID-19 misinformation. Last month, Rep. Ken Weyler, of Kingston, told state Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette at a committee hearing he doubted the state’s figures showing...

Angry opponents of the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandate forced the postponement of Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting, further delaying a vote on $27 million in federal aid to boost New Hampshire’s vaccination efforts. The Republican-controlled council, a five-member panel that approves state contracts and nominations to courts and agencies, had voted this month to table a request from the...

New Hampshire plans to join other states in challenging the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandate in court, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday. President Joe Biden announced a sweeping vaccine mandate last week that covers more than 100 million Americans, including executive branch employees and workers at businesses with more than 100 people on the payroll. Sununu said no lawsuits…

Gov. Chris Sununu has requested that President Joe Biden issue a major disaster declaration for New Hampshire and provide federal emergency assistance for damage that happened as a result of storms and flooding in the state July 17-19. Sununu’s letter dated Friday to Paul Ford, acting regional administrator in Boston for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said the storms...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was released from the hospital Saturday after tests confirmed Friday that a bleeding ulcer was the cause of his flulike symptoms. The Republican will continue to recuperate at home, according to a statement from his office. Sununu thanked the state’s health care staff and blood donors. “New Hampshire is blessed with amazing health care...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer and is recovering after receiving a blood transfusion.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer Friday, an aide said, after being admitted to a hospital in Portsmouth for tests on flu-like symptoms he’d been experiencing. Sununu was still feeling flu-like symptoms Friday after several days, and had tested negative for COVID-19 three times earlier in the week, according to his chief of staff,...