Op-Ed
Distant Dome: April Revenues Will Signal Where Senate Budget Is Headed
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In less than a week, you will either hear shouts of joy or moans from Senate budget writers.
Arts and Entertainment
USNH, Cultural Resources and Justice Department Seek Fund Restoration
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Higher education leaders went to the Senate Finance Committee Friday to request budget funding be restored to the governor’s recommended level for the next two years and that they reject the 30 percent cut by the House calling it “unsustainable.”
Business & Economy
House Trimmed Governor’s Capital Budget Plan by $11 Million
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The Senate Capital Budget Committee this week begins work on the $132.5 million capital budget the House approved earlier this month.
Business & Economy
Heated Debate on Transgender Health Care Prohibitions for Minors
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“Children, and their doctors, and families deserve the best care,” Testerman said.
Education
Expanding Education Freedom Accounts Irresponsible, Committee Told
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New Hampshire cannot afford two school systems the Senate Education Committee was told at a public hearing on a bill that would remove any salary cap from the Education Freedom Account program Tuesday.
Op-Ed
Does the NH Legislature Represent Your Best Interests?
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The reasons for the current predicament are multiple and varied, but the end result is the majority of lawmakers in the hallowed halls of the State House do not vote in the best interest of the state’s people.
Business & Economy
Work Requirement Will Not Move the Needle, Committee Told
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Instituting a new work requirement for able-bodied people on the state’s Granite Advantage Medicaid program was opposed by medical providers, advocates for the disabled, mentally ill, greater healthcare access, and substance abuse treatment and recovery Wednesday.
Education
Opposition Turns Out for Expanding Education Freedom Account Program
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Little support was shown for the Senate’s proposal for expanding the Education Freedom Account program to eliminate any income requirement Tuesday.
Business & Economy
Bill Seeks to Add Parents to Educators’ Responsibilities
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Adding that educators have a responsibility to parents as well as their students to the educators’ codes of conduct and ethics is not needed and could lead to potential problems, the Senate Education Committee was told Tuesday.