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Higher education leaders went to the Senate Finance Committee Friday to request budget funding be restored to the governor’s recommended level for the next two years and that they reject the 30 percent cut by the House calling it “unsustainable.”
Maggie Goodlander, New Hampshire’s newly elected Democratic Congresswoman for District 2 was in the North Country Thursday taking notes as she met and heard from the agriculture and forestry community about the federal impacts they face for their small businesses.
New Hampshire needs increased penalties for fentanyl dealers, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said, noting she supports a pair of bills making their way through the Republican-controlled Senate and House.
The Executive Council approved $5 million more for the Youth Development Center Claims Administration & Settlement Fund for the 2025 fiscal year Wednesday.
Massive budget cuts for the state’s prisons will not save money and could place the facilities and the state in danger and cause real legal trouble, the commissioner told the Senate Finance Committee Monday.
Jeffery A. Strelzin is expected to return to the New Hampshire Department of Justice where he worked for 22 years after a stint with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Despite pleas from Democrats that the poor who qualify for therapeutic cannabis should be able to grow up to eight ounces at home, Senate Republicans voted to table House Bill 53 on Thursday.
Open water season in the Lakes Region has begun with Emerson Aviation calling ice out today at 7:02 a.m. on Lake Winnipesaukee.
After a banner season with lots of snow coming at just the right time, two New Hampshire ski areas have announced plans to build new and replace lifts.