For the second time the council voted down the hiring of an Insurance Fraud Director, mainly on the basis of the starting salary, at an Executive Council meeting Wednesday at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel.
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NH Supreme Court Sides with School Districts on Adequate Funding
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In a 3-2 decision, the state Supreme Court has again found the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide its students with an adequate education and to pay for it as it did in the Claremont ruling.
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Derry Rail Trail Advocates Win Injunction Against Feds, N.H. DOT
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Advocates for the Derry Rail Trail won a significant victory Monday when U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro ordered the state not to do anything that would prevent extending the rail trail under a six-lane road that will connect a new Interstate 93 exit to north Derry.
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UPDATE: As Summer Arrives State Monitoring Cyanobacteria; Funding Fighting the Blooms
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PAULA TRACY begins her 2025 Lakes Watchdog series at InDepthNH.org today. Sign up for our free newsletter to make sure you don’t miss anything.
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Fireworks: What’s Legal and What’s Not in NH
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Only adults 21 years of age or older are legally allowed to purchase, possess and display permissible fireworks. Ensure fireworks are stored securely and out of children’s reach.
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State Approves Operating Plan for Mount Sunapee
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The state has conditionally approved Vail Resorts’ annual operating plan for Mount Sunapee Resort but with an eye toward future improvements or replacement of a wastewater system that brought out more than 200 people to a recent public meeting.
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YDC Abuse Victims Say Ayotte Breaking Settlement Agreement
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Three people who survived horrific sexual abuse while held in the Sununu Youth Development Center, then called YDC, as children say Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s budget deal violates their settlement fund agreements.
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SEC Charged Failed Laconia State School Developer Robynne Alexander of Defrauding Investors of $3M
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Manchester, N.H. resident Robynne Alexander with defrauding investors through real estate investment schemes resulting in investor losses of at least $3 million, according to an SEC news release.
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Legislature Continues to Target Transgender Youth
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House and Senate lawmakers Thursday approved the final versions of bills to prohibit medical procedures for transgender minors, to restrict voting and changes to public education on their last session of the 2025 session outside of veto day this fall.
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UPDATE: After Councilors OK Ayotte’s Request To Ask for Special Session, She Says Agreement Reached on Budget
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Underscoring the need for first responders in the state to stay on with their job and the need for full funding of the Group II retirement plan in the next two-year budget, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn told Executive Councilors about Tuesday’s “tough day,” at its meeting Wednesday and the consequences that could imperil the state’s ranking as among the nation’s safest.