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From cutting Medicaid rates by 3 percent to eliminating funds for family planning clinics, to suspending the farmers market program for poor women, infants and children the House Finance Committee voted to recommend a state budget for Health and Human Services Tuesday, reducing $290 million from the next two years of general fund distributions.
A measure that would prohibit language related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in all state contracts going forward passed without public hearing by House Republicans in the Finance Committee who pushed for reconsideration of a vote to defeat it after a Democrat left the meeting at the end of a long day.
It appears that cell phone use in schools is about to be limited or entirely curtailed in New Hampshire classrooms.
A new study by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute finds business tax rate reductions have cost the state between $795 million and $1.17 billion in forgone revenue since 2015 without the often promised bump in revenue due to increased economic activity.
At this time last year, Chatila’s Bakery employed 15 individuals at its wholesale facility to manage order fulfillment, but due to the economic challenges including those posed by tariffs, the bakery has reduced its workforce to just two employees.
With multiple polls showing housing as the top issue in New Hampshire by a wide margin, it’s no shock that the current legislative session is awash with proposals ostensibly aimed at addressing the state’s housing crisis.
Andru Volinsky has documented the arguments that have shaped his public life in a new book that will go on sale April 1, “The Last Bake Sale, The Fight for Fair School Funding.”
Before the turn of the Century and even a little into this one New Hampshire’s motto was the same as it is today, Live Free or Die, but a slight tweak would better describe Granite Staters’ prevailing attitude as Live and Let Live.
Attorney General John M. Formella and Manchester Police Chief Peter A. Marr announce that a suspicious death investigation is underway following the discovery of a deceased newborn in the area of Pine Island Pond on the afternoon of Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The procedural order issued on March 26 by (and here’s the tipoff that news is involved) just one of the three members of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Ninety-nine point nine times out of 100, orders of the PUC are signed by all three commissioners.
Lost amid the flurry of proposed budget cuts coming out of Concord is a proposal to slash the Department of Corrections funding to levels considered unsafe by department administration.
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Support for President Trump’s handling of the economy has fallen since February. A majority disapprove of Trump’s use of tariffs and most see Canada and Mexico, two targets of Trump’s tariffs, as allies or friends of the United States.
The state primary could be moved from the second Tuesday in September to the second Tuesday in June after Senate Bill 222 cleared the Senate on a voice vote.
The House approved a bill that would allow parents to enroll their child in any public school in the state.
The House Thursday voted to make itself the arbitrator for new vaccines for school children.
Lawmakers were told the direction of the current legislature on transgender issues have families wondering if they are safe in the state and no longer recognize the state where they grew up.
Four Granite State educators have been chosen as the New Hampshire 2025 state finalists for the prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).
The Republican culture war over public education was on full display Wednesday in the House.
The second-degree murder trial of former Corrections Officer Matthew Millar is now on hold after it came to light the Department of Corrections did not turn over all the evidence.
Despite the passage of two House bills to legalize cannabis for adult use, Gov. Kelly Ayotte is maintaining she continues to be opposed to it and says the people of the state know where she stands.
Members of the Executive Council and Gov. Kelly Ayotte raised concerns about the possible elimination of the State Council on the Arts Wednesday which funds grants for theaters and arts programs across the state that the council approves.
For the second time this session, the House on Wednesday legalized the personal possession of marijuana although the odds of becoming law are slim.
Attorney General John M. Formella and Keene Police Chief Steven M. Stewart announce that an arrest has been made in connection with the investigation into the death of Luca Hudson (age 23 months), who died on January 17, 2024.