News
House Shoots Down Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment
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The House killed a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine parental rights in the state constitution.
Education
State Asks Supreme Court to Block Education Funding Order
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The attorney general’s office wants the state Supreme Court to block a judge’s order for the state to increase education funding immediately.
News
Opposition Turns Out to Oppose Animal Cruelty Bill
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Adding selling or breeding animals with deformities that leads to suffering would be added to the state’s animal cruelty statutes under a bill that had a four-and-a-half-hour public hearing Tuesday.
Education
Checks and Balances Proposed for Education Freedom Account Program
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Traditional homeschoolers turned out in force to oppose a bill requiring Education Freedom Account participants to take standardized tests.
Education
Next Education Commissioner Needs Education Experience, Committee Told
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The Department of Education Commissioner should have a background in education, supporters of a bill setting the minimum requirements told a House committee Monday.
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.