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nhdoti93: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: In Bow I-93 NB the on ramp to I-89 NB is closed due to constuction. Detour using Exit 12N

BenLeubsdorf: No "path to Medicaid expansion," no state budget, #NHHouse Speaker @TerieNorelli told @APnlove today (link) #NHpolitics

BenLeubsdorf: So far, the budget conference committee has met in public just 60 minutes today. (10:26a-10:50a, 1:04p-1:28p, 4:37p-4:49p) #NHpolitics

BenLeubsdorf: Bottom line: House and Senate are at an impasse, for now. In recess until 7p, we should hear something on Medicaid then. #NHpolitics

BenLeubsdorf: Major sticking point, according to Morse and Wallner, appears to be personnel cut. #NHpolitics

kronayne: OK this is nuts: Terrorism radiation plot discovered in Albany (NY) (link)

BenLeubsdorf: Wallner: "We cannot move forward at this point." No agreement on $20m personnel cut. Hopes negotiations can continue for a few more hours.

BenLeubsdorf: Wallner: "I wish I was here with good news. I'm not. ...The House and the Senate have not been able to come to an agreement on the budget."

BenLeubsdorf: #NHSenate budget negotiators are re-entering the room. We could be about to hear whether there's a deal on Medicaid expansion. #NHpolitics

NHDOTI89: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: I-89 SB in Concord between mile marker 7.7 and 6.8 the right lane is now open. Drive Safe

LMcCrystal: Update on the White Park fish: Report says the "fancy goldfish" had a bacterial infection -- not a parasite. Minimal risk to humans & pets.

NHDOTI89: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: I-89 NB and SB in Bow from MM .20 to just past exit 1, the left lanes are now open. Drive Safe

BenLeubsdorf: Gov. Hassan, #NHHouse Speaker Norelli and #NHSenate President Bragdon are meeting privately right now on budget talks. #NHpolitics

BenLeubsdorf: House-Senate budget conferees not ready to come back yet, but Rep. Wallner says they're working on agreements. ETA 3:30p. #NHpolitics

NHDOTI89: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: I-89 SB in Concord between mile marker 7.7 and 6.8 the right lane is closed for roadwork.

NHDOTI89: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: I-89 NB all lanes open in Concord between mile marker 3.3 and 4.3.

annmarietimmins: Gov. Hassan: It would be "very difficult" for #NorthernPass to go under Connecticut Lakes Headwaters given easement terms. #nhpolitics

kronayne: A Republican-led House panel has finished its re-write of NCLB. The full House will vote in the coming weeks: (link)

BenLeubsdorf: Gov. Hassan, on House-Senate budget talks: "pleased and encouraged that good negotiations appear to be ongoing." #NHpolitics

BenLeubsdorf: Budget conferees break until 2:30p, no Senate response yet on latest Medicaid offer. Wallner: "hope to come back with some good news soon."

tricia_nadolny: The Concord PD have confirmed that the man arrested at yesterday's gun rally was Tasered, @JBlackmanCM reports. (link)

nhdoti93: NH TRAFFIC ALERT: Concord I-93 northbound Exit 12 all lanes are now open. Please drive safely

ConMonitorNews: Via @JBlackmanCM #Concord police say the man arrested at yesterday's gun rally outside the State House was #Tasered: (link)

BenLeubsdorf: Make that 12:45p.

BenLeubsdorf: #NHHouse's Norelli: "“There is progress being made and I am confident that we will come to an agreement on a budget" before tmrw's deadline.

BenLeubsdorf: Budget conferees expected back at 12:30p. Senate may respond to House's offer of a special Aug. session on Medicaid expansion. #NHpolitics