Education
Education Funding Boost Draws Mixed Reviews
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A proposal to “re-characterize” local property taxes into a state tax was generally supported at a public hearing Tuesday, but a statewide school budget cap in the same proposal was not.
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A proposal to “re-characterize” local property taxes into a state tax was generally supported at a public hearing Tuesday, but a statewide school budget cap in the same proposal was not.
The biggest problem is that housing is unaffordable in New Hampshire and there are many reasons for that including from buying houses for investment by converting them into short-term rentals to the great migration from the cities to rural areas during the COVID pandemic.
The House voted to allow the terminally ill the right to determine when and how they die, as 10 other states allow.
A proposal to use turnpike toll credits to establish a noise barrier construction fund may pass the legislature, but there is little likelihood it would generate the revenue needed to speed more barrier construction, a committee was told.
Adam Montgomery may have to face the family and loved ones of the daughter he is convicted of murdering if a bill is fast-tracked through the legislature before his May 9 sentencing hearing.
The plaintiffs also seek the recusal of two of the five Supreme Court justices for the appeal, including Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald and Associate Justice Patrick Donovan.
Legislative financial officials may not have access to enough Education Freedom Account data and information to determine if the program is operating under state statutes and administrative rules.
You can expect partisan politics to play a larger role in the legislature during the second year of a two-year term.
The House Thursday approved a bill that will upend the current voting process for the upcoming primary and general elections.