Business & Economy
Maine Court Gives Stalled Hydro-Quebec Transmission Line Go Ahead
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A Maine business court jury paved the way to restart construction on a high-voltage transmission line to carry Hydro-Quebec power to Massachusetts.
Feature
Education Will Be Front and Center with Lawmakers this Week
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The state’s contributions to public education puts it in line with state’s like Mississippi and Louisiana although its per capita wealth averages among the highest in the country.
Courts & Corrections
One YDC Abuse Claim Settled in $100M Fund’s First Quarter
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Only one claim has been settled under the Youth Development Center Settlement Fund in the first quarter of this year.
Business & Economy
Beach Time Will Be more Expensive this Summer
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A trip to the beach this summer will be more costly due to higher parking fees.
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.