Feature
Distant Dome: NH Highway System Under Financial Stress
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Lawmakers often do things today they know have future consequences with the attitude that will be another legislature’s challenge.
Courts & Corrections
NH Communities Say Court Ruling Disrupts Local Budget Process
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A superior court judge’s decision not to delay implementation of his order on the Statewide Education Property Tax will disrupt the local school budget process for many communities, claim those affected by the order.
Feature
Distant Dome: Advisory Ethics Opinions Reveal Sticky Issues On Influencing the Legislature
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Friday with most lawmakers already at their destinations for the week-long vacation, it wasn’t exactly a news dump, but an ethics opinion dump with a couple of sticky issues.
Courts & Corrections
Education, Guns and Child Abuse Focus of House Session
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Rep. David Luneau, D-Hopkinton, speaks in favor of House Bill 1128, which would require the administrator of the Education Tax Credit Scholarship program to open a nonprofit affiliate in the state. The bill was killed Thursday by the House.
Health & Mental Health
House Tries Again To Legalize Cannabis Use and Sales
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Once again, the House gave initial approval to a bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana that many hope will cross the “t”s and dot the “i”s to eventually make it into law.
Education
Senate Backs Creating New School Construction Fund
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The state’s school building aid program would be overhauled and opened to state approved charter schools under a bill passed by the Senate Wednesday.
News
Voting Check System Has Supporters and Detractors
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Rep. Angela Brennan, D-Bow, touts the state joining the Electronic Registration Information Center, at a hearing on House Bill 1557 Tuesday before the House Election Law Committee.
Education
State Told to Pay Up Now on Ed Funding
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The judge who issued the latest education funding orders last year dropped two bombshells Tuesday in denying the state’s request to stay the orders until they can be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
Business & Economy
State Seeks to Finalize Spending for Federal COVID Relief Funds
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The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee acted on requests to spend about $32 million of the funds that were reallocated from earlier projects where the money was not needed.