Education
NH House Increases Education Aid, Backs Legalizing Pot and PFA Ban
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Rep. Karen Ebel, D-New London, speaks in favor of her bill to ban products that have had PFAs intentionally added to them at Thursday’s House session.
Education
NH House Kills Bills to Help Homeless and Hungry Youth
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By the slimmest of margins, the House defeated two bills that would address homelessness and hunger among students and young people Thursday.
Education
House Members Question Key Elements of Proposed Education Rules
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A House Education subcommittee on administrative rules raised some fundamental concerns about the new proposal for the state’s minimum standards for public school approval.
Feature
Distant Dome: Lawmakers May Need to Face the Budget Music
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Or they may ignore the quagmire of picking winners and losers with an election looming and leave the mess to the next legislature to clean up.
News
New Education Minimum Standard Rules Criticized at Hearing
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Almost everyone testifying on the changes proposed to the state’s education minimum standards Wednesday had concerns it would exacerbate the current inequity of educational opportunities for students in the state.
Feature
What Is Your Legislature Doing?
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Most of the attention will be on the presidential race and the two open races in New Hampshire for governor and the 2nd Congressional District, but what will have a far greater effect on your life will be who are the members elected to the New Hampshire House and Senate.
News
Bills Approved to Address Housing Crisis in the State
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The House Thursday approved two bills that supporters say will be a step forward to addressing the state’s housing crisis, but critics called it top down zoning from the state.
Business & Economy
House Passes Bill to Ban Private Ownership of Landfills
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The House approved House Bill 1145 which would require new landfills to be owned by the state or its political subdivisions but managed by a private contractor and would prohibit any future landfills from being privately owned.
Courts & Corrections
House Makes Quick Work of Bill Requiring Adam Montgomery To Be at HIs Sentencing
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The House Thursday took the first step to ensuring Adam Montgomery faces the family and loved ones of the daughter he is convicted of murdering when he is sentenced for his crime May 9.