Business & Economy
State Revenues On Target for May
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State revenues for May, the next to last month in the 2026 fiscal year, are slightly more than budget writers anticipated.
Courts & Corrections
NH Supreme Court Chief Justice Won’t Recuse Himself in Education Funding Appeal
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald will not recuse himself from deciding the appeal of the Rand education funding lawsuit now before the court.
Courts & Corrections
Packard Stepping Down as House Speaker When His Term Ends
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On the day House members learned House Speaker Sherman Packard was stepping down, lawmakers Thursday killed a bill that would have limited cities’ and towns’ ability to write ordinances or rules for firearms and self-defense tools as well as state agencies.
Education
School Budget Cap Passes, but Open Enrollment Fails
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Lawmakers approved a statewide school spending cap provision that will allow voters at the next two state general elections to decide if they want to cap school district budgets.
Business & Economy
GOP-led Legislature Passes Business Enterprise Tax Cut, Dems Say It Will Hurt Property Taxpayers
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The legislature has passed a business enterprise tax cut which Democrats claim can only mean that property taxpayers will pick up the difference.
News
NH Attorney General Wants Lawmakers to Kill Gun Bill
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Attorney General John Formella wants lawmakers to kill the compromise on House Bill 609 tomorrow, saying it creates too many unintended consequences which could harm rather than help gun owners, and could put public safety at risk.
Op-Ed
Distant Dome: Some Bills Deserve to Die Thursday
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During the Committee of Conference phase of this year’s legislative session, 14 bills were killed ranging from the “Charlie Act” seeking to restrict school curriculum on such things as socialism, LGBTQ topics, or anything that appears to some as Un-American to ending the state’s refugee resettlement program.
Courts & Corrections
Federal Judge Strikes Down Voter Registration Restriction Law
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The US District Court Thursday found the state’s law requiring a birth certificate, passport or naturalization as the only proof of citizenship instead of an affidavit filed under oath, was unconstitutional.
Education
Former DOE Commissioner Edelblut Named to Children’s Scholarship Fund’s Board
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Former New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut has been appointed to the Children’s Scholarship Fund’s Board of Directors.