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With only a few days left before the Senate Finance Committee needs to pull together its own two-year budget, there appears to be some good news and differences from the House’s version while big ticket items remain to be debated.
The Senate could cut the size of the Office of the Child Advocate in half rather than entirely eliminating it, as was envisioned in the House budget, in order to save $2.2 million over two years.
A birthday party was held at the State House council chambers Tuesday for a bill that made New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation primary 50 years ago.
Coos County is likely to be designated a “distressed place-based economy” for the next 20 years, which could help the North Country with economic development.
Attention state tax dodgers: there may be an amnesty period coming up as part of the state budget to help New Hampshire collect more revenue in a tight budget year.
Saying she is fulfilling another campaign promise that makes New Hampshire safer, Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed bills to ban sanctuary cities and support cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities Thursday.
New Hampshire is moving toward being the first in the nation to de-fund its public arts funding after the Senate Finance Committee voted Wednesday 5-3 to approve a $1 budget.
John Scippa was nominated and immediately confirmed as interim commissioner of the Department of Corrections Wednesday by the state’s Executive Council.
In response to a question by InDepthNH.org at a press conference, Ayotte said there are contractual problems.