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Lawmakers and the general public this week will hear new Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s plan to craft the next biennial budget which is fraught with declining revenues, new obligations and more questions than answers about the federal funding the state depends on to survive.
Saved by the lottery and a disappearing levy as state revenues were on target for the first month of the second half of the 2025 fiscal year.
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to withdraw a bill that would have banned abortions after the15th week of pregnancy.
The New Hampshire Insurance Department is proposing what they call a modest step to help low-to-medium income residential homeowners “solidify” their home and in return see a reduction in their insurance premium.
Rep. Connie Lane, D-Concord, told the House Election Law Committee that 37 other states, controlled by both parties, issue absentee ballots to voters without having to state a reason.
Edelblut noted the state is doing better than the nation as a whole returning kids to academic levels before the pandemic hit and set learning back considerably as remote learning replaced in-person learning and family members became each other’s only social interaction for months.
Appearing before the House Education Funding Committee, Rep. Joe Sweeney, R-Salem, said House bill 675 would be transparent and allow for responsibly funding education.
A bill that would establish open enrollment in all public schools in the state would be a boom to students and parents, supporters say.
After a five-hour public hearing with the vast majority opposed to the bill that has been before the legislature many times only to fail, the committee Republicans all favored the bill and the Democrats all opposed it.