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Keene committee recommends placing Keno prohibition on Nov. 4 ballot, schedules Oct. 16 hearing

Keene Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee · August 29, 2025
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The Keene Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council place a question on the Nov. 4 municipal ballot asking whether to prohibit Keno operations and to schedule a public hearing on Oct. 16, citing a state-law change that makes inaction a form of approval.

The Keene Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council place a ballot question on Nov. 4 asking voters whether to prohibit Keno operations and to schedule a public hearing on Oct. 16.

Councilor Jacob Aviles introduced the request and City Clerk Terry Hood told the committee the issue has come before voters before, in 2017 and 2019, and described a recent change in state law that alters…

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