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Calling it a “slap in the face” to first responders across the state, House and Senate conferees refused to fully fund the Group II retirement plan in the state budget as part of its committee of conference negotiations Wednesday.
It’s now up to three judges whether or not a man who says he was raped by Fr. Karl Dowd is allowed to seek justice under the New Hampshire constitution.
The state’s first major witness called in the Matthew Millar murder trial, state prison Corrections Officer Josephine McDonough, didn’t see the alleged crime despite being in the middle of the violent altercation with Secure Psychiatric Unit patient Jason Rothe.
In New Hampshire, the legislature is considering two bills (HB 377 and HB 712) banning gender-affirming care for young people, including hormone therapy for trans and nonbinary youth. Both bills are in committees of conference, and the chambers will vote on the reports next week. If they pass, they will be sent to Governor Ayotte.
An impasse has come between Senate and House versions of the proposed Group II retirement plan for first responders, with the Senate telling the House to come back on Wednesday with a plan that does not allow “spiking.”
The gap is closing between the House and Senate budget versions for the next two years with more tax money projected than when the House budget was developed in February.
In a hail of gunfire, Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot dead in their Brooklyn Park home. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were severely wounded and are currently clinging to life after surgery.
The culture wars have come for Londonderry’s public library.
InDepthNH.org’s Talented Folks Honored at NH Press Association Annual Awards Banquet
The only nurse on duty when Jason Rothe died inside New Hampshire state Prison for Men’s Secure Psychiatric Unit now has an immunity deal signed off by Attorney General John Formella.
A controversial plan in the House budget to reduce Medicaid provider rates by 3 percent is essentially dead after budget writers in a conference committee agreed to the Senate’s budget position to restore that coverage Monday.
Kissing cousins and wrack and ruin are both alliterative phrases, despite their spellings.
Thousands of people took to streets and parks in dozens of New Hampshire communities Saturday to protest the drift toward authoritarian and militaristic rule led by President Donald Trump.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court’s decision finding the current administration of the Statewide Education Property Tax constitutional contradicts earlier decisions by the court on similar issues.
Senate President Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, D-Portsmouth, and House Minority Leader Alexis Simpson, D-Exeter, reacted Saturday to the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.
Two clusters of protesters on Lyme Road in Hanover, each with about 200 people, gathered Saturday while dozens walked between the two groups.
Hampton Beach is currently abuzz with creativity and the mesmerizing sight of towering sand sculptures as the 25th Annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Classic culminates today.
Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre revised his revenue estimates upwards by about $13 million over the next two years, giving budget writers more wiggle room and to help state agencies and programs now facing cuts from both House and Senate versions of the budget.
Senate budget writers may be optimistic about business taxes for the next biennium, but May revenues show a continued downward trend.
According to organizers, 2100 demonstrations are now planned nationwide and at least 32 in New Hampshire to coincide with Trump’s Flag Day military parade and birthday celebration in Washington on Saturday.
The financial news was good for fourteen members of the House and Senate who sat down together for the first time Thursday as the budget committee of conference.
The House agreed to changes made in over 30 bills by the Senate, sometimes with a bit of grumbling and others with a little begrudging praise, and those are now headed to the governor for her signature.
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A new report from the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity (NHCJE), in collaboration with New Hampshire Housing, “Challenges to Homeownership in New Hampshire”, offers critical insights into the persistent disparities in who can own a home.