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.”
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Watch NH Lawmakers in Action; Tell Them What You Think
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Why wait until elections to get to know your lawmakers? Watch them in committee and in sessions on YouTube on your phone, tablet or computer. Maybe during your coffee break if you are at work. Or after work, you can catch the day’s recorded live stream.
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NH House Votes To Pass Budget Democrats Oppose, But It’s Not Over
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Despite the efforts of Democrats to offer a “better budget alternative,” the majority of Republicans in the House of Representatives approved a $15.4 billion two-year budget that cuts many services and hikes fees on Thursday.
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NH House Votes to Expand Education Freedom Accounts Program
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By a slim margin, the House Thursday approved expanding the Education Freedom Account program to every child in the state in the second year of the next biennium.
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Dem House Leaders Promise ‘Better Budget Amendment’ Ahead of Thursday’s Vote
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A large gathering of Democrats came to the State House lawn Wednesday, the day before the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a Republican-led, two-year budget for the state with leaders saying they will fight for a “Better Budget” on Thursday.
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Hassan Asks How Far Trump Will Go To Achieve Tariff Goal in Senate Grilling of Trade Rep.
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U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, was among members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee who pressed a top Trump Administration official on just how far it will go to achieve the goals from tariffs which are right now tearing apart retirement savings on Tuesday.
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NH House Committee Approves $15.6 Billion Two-Year Budget Plan
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The finishing touches on a proposed House budget that cuts many state programs and services for the next two years but offers a balanced budget were worked out Thursday by the Finance Committee.
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House Budget Recommends Dramatic Cuts To Health Programs
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From cutting Medicaid rates by 3 percent to eliminating funds for family planning clinics, to suspending the farmers market program for poor women, infants and children the House Finance Committee voted to recommend a state budget for Health and Human Services Tuesday, reducing $290 million from the next two years of general fund distributions.
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Proposed House Panel Cuts To State Budget Get a Day of Review, Raise Concern
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Cuts to spending that could lead to layoffs July 1 and include the elimination of all tourism promotion funding by the state as well as money for the Arts Council were explained to the entire House Finance Committee during a meeting Monday.
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Education Funding Warrior Details Battle for Fairness in ‘The Last Bake Sale’
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Andru Volinsky has documented the arguments that have shaped his public life in a new book that will go on sale April 1, “The Last Bake Sale, The Fight for Fair School Funding.”