Feature
Donald Latham Is Grand Marshal of Atkinson Memorial Day Parade for 40th Year
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It was a historic Memorial Day Monday as Donald Latham led its parade as Grand Marshal for the 40th year in a row.
Business & Economy
Senate Approves ‘Bathroom’ Bill, Long-term Power Contracts, Opt-in for Youth Risk Survey
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Despite warnings from members of the Senate Education Committee that federal funds to prevent youth suicide and substance abuse could be at risk, the state Senate voted in favor of a bill requiring parents to opt in before their children can be given a behavioral health survey at school.
Business & Economy
Nonprofit Questions NRC About Trump Executive Orders, Cracking Concrete at Seabrook
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Members of the public and the nonprofit organization C-10 Research and Education Foundation questioned the NRC engineers about whether a series of executive orders from President Trump will impair the agency’s ability to continue protecting the health and safety of the 175,000 people who live within a 10-mile radius of the reactor – the “evacuation zone.”
News
Fate of State Human Rights Commission Uncertain
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The fate of the state’s Commission for Human Rights is up in the air, with the House-passed budget eliminating all funding, Gov. Kelly Ayotte working to retain and reform it – and the Senate’s position unclear.
Education
Senate Bill Banning Trans Girls from Bathrooms and Sports Shelved for Now
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The aim of Senate Bill 268, according to its primary sponsor, Sen. Kevin Avard, R-Nashua, is to allow schools, businesses, sports facilities, prisons and other institutional settings to protect “women’s spaces” and privacy from trans girls and women, whom he described as “biological males,” without being sued for discrimination.
Business & Economy
Transgender Access to Bathrooms, Sports Teams Debated
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How do you “vet” whether someone is transgender? How do you decide who can use a women’s or a men’s bathroom and who can’t? How do you ensure fairness in women’s sports?
Courts & Corrections
Parents Testify on School Libraries ‘Anti-Obscenity’ Bill
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In sometimes emotional testimony, parents of school children spoke Thursday at a Senate Education Committee hearing for and against House Bill 324, which would ban “obscene,” “harmful” and “age-inappropriate” materials from schools and school libraries.
Education
Library Wars: School Library Bills Spark Controversy
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Children’s access to “obscene” or “harmful” materials in schools and school libraries is the focus of three bills this legislative session, with House Bill 324 causing some drama last week when its author read graphic scenes from two young adult novels on the House floor.
17 Towns Pass Warrant Articles on Vouchers, Education Funding
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Seventeen towns have passed warrant articles asking state officials to hold off on expanding the school voucher program until there is greater public accountability for how those taxpayer funds are being spent and whether students who receive them are getting a good education.