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Counties or communities could not stop their law enforcement departments from helping federal agents with enforcing immigration laws under a bill the House passed Thursday.
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After voting to cut off debate on the latest Education Freedom Account expansion bill, the House Republican majority approved a bill that would do away with an income cap beginning July 1.
After a 3-day trial, a Hudson man was convicted by a federal jury for attempting to sex traffic a 12-year-old in a proactive federal and local law enforcement operation on November 14, 2024, Acting United States Attorney Jay McCormack announces.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee had a more optimistic outlook for the state’s economy than the House when it met Wednesday to finalize revenue estimates for the next two fiscal years.
On Thursday, members of the House of Representatives will be asked to reconsider a bill related to gaps in child protection laws and House Democrats held a press conference Wednesday to urge their colleagues to support it and to protect New Hampshire’s children.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she believes a lease option rather than a sale of the Hampton Interstate 95 rest areas and liquor stores is a better bet because the state can control a lot more about the messaging rather than selling it outright, and have a long-term source of income.
The state’s Executive Council approved a land transfer in Conway that one councilor called an “insider” deal, rejected a contract for TASERS at the prisons, approved a $9 million contract for behavioral crisis intervention and approved funds for new conservation land in New Boston, among other business Wednesday.
A jury found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcycle riders in the 2019 crash, but Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg ruled he is still responsible for the deaths.
Hundreds of people turned out to speak against the House-passed budget saying it harms the state’s most vulnerable including the developmentally disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill and the poor seeking health care.
Protesters kicked off a lengthy public hearing on the state’s budget for the next two years which cuts services, programs and hikes fees throughout state government for the next two years, if passed by the Senate and approved by the governor.
Called an “existential threat” to the state’s $1.4 billion annual timber and forest products industry, state Senators were warned that HB 123 was unfair and would tax lands enrolled in carbon credit programs at least twice.
In short: the total $81.3 million reclaimed by the federal government provided flexible funding support for public health and behavioral health initiatives across the state – funds that were expected to continue into 2026.
The next few years are going to be tough ones for New Hampshire anglers. New Hampshire hatcheries are being rebuilt and updated over the next few years, and for the past few years they have been operating under capacity, in order to meet EPA regulations.
It was a grimly commonplace press release recently from the United States Attorney’s Office in Concord. A Harrisville man pleaded guilty to possession of child sex abuse images.
Calling it a “monumental decision” made by Gov. Kelly Ayotte to pull the plug on the sale and development of the Hampton Interstate 95 liquor store properties into New Hampshire Welcome Centers, Executive Councilor Joe Kenney said Monday he is hearing from many across the state who have questions and he has few answers.
If there is to be a bit of competition between the moose and the loons in this state on license plates, Fish and Game wants a piece of the action.
May 5 – 9 marks Teacher Appreciation Week nationwide; an important moment to ensure the teachers in our lives know how much they mean to us and our communities.
Although the figures change year to year, what doesn’t change is that New Hampshire state government is at the bottom of the list of states when it comes to support for public education K through 12, the same place it is for its support for higher education.
The long awaited April state revenues will not provide any optimism for Senate budget writers as they begin the grueling process of making spending fit the available money without tax increases the Republican leadership has already taken off the table.
Landowners who enroll their properties in carbon capture markets are closely watching a bill that comes up for a hearing in the Senate next Tuesday, which would tax the growth of timber.
In the State House Hall of Flags is a small and moving exhibit produced by Ashley Miller, state archivist to commemorate the 50th Anniversary to the end of the Vietnam War.
The Legislative Performance Audit Oversight Committee wants to look at how local public schools are handling their special education programs.
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