News
Increasing Safety Threats and Highway Funding Are NH Agency Priorities
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The state may be in the midst of a run of hundred-million-dollar revenue surpluses, but state agencies warn it may not be enough.
Courts & Corrections
Parsing an Adequate Education in NH and Its Cost in Funding Lawsuit
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What constitutes a constitutionally adequate education does not have a simple or exact answer, nor does agreeing on the true cost of paying for it if you listened to the latest education funding case before the courts on Tuesday.
Feature
Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You, Governor
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Like Bob Dylan’s never ending tour back before the pandemic, Gov. Chris Sununu has embarked on his own never ending tour of national television and cable news studios as well as the usual must attend stops — or cattle calls — for presidential wannabes.
Courts & Corrections
Oral Arguments Set for Gerrymandering Challenge at NH Supreme Court
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New Hampshire voters claiming the Executive Council and State Senate districts were unconstitutionally and unlawfully gerrymandered will have their day before the Supreme Court May 11.
Feature
Budget May Give House Upper Hand in Negotiations with the Senate
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Crossover is finished and the House passed a $16 billion budget with a three-to-one majority and now it is up to the Senate to put its stamp on the state’s operations for the next two years.
Business & Economy
State Capital Budget Sails Through the House
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With little debate, the House Thursday approved a $137.4 million capital budget plan that utilized $105.7 million in federal funds.
Business & Economy
NH House Approves $15.76 Billion Budget for Next Biennium
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A negotiated agreement between the Republican and Democratic leadership led to the House approving its budget package Thursday on a voice vote after three hours of debate.
Business & Economy
State Revenue Growth Continues but Pace Slows
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The long run of better than anticipated business taxes that has fueled the state’s budget surpluses over the past few years continues, but at a slower pace.
Business & Economy
Almost Unanimous Support for Permanent Medicaid Expansion Program
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Advocates, health care providers, business organizations, cancer survivors, recovering addicts and patients of mental health services testified in support of a bill to reauthorize the state’s Medicaid expansion program permanently.