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Coverage involving education and schools.
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the state’s and Coalition Communities 2.0’s motions to stop implementation of Superior Court Judge David Ruoff’s ruling declaring the state’s administering of the Statewide Education Property Tax unconstitutional.
A proposal to “re-characterize” local property taxes into a state tax was generally supported at a public hearing Tuesday, but a statewide school budget cap in the same proposal was not.
WMUR reported the Auburn school board cited an unexpected number of students in need of special educational services as one of the reasons it was $800,000 over budget.
The plaintiffs also seek the recusal of two of the five Supreme Court justices for the appeal, including Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald and Associate Justice Patrick Donovan.
Legislative financial officials may not have access to enough Education Freedom Account data and information to determine if the program is operating under state statutes and administrative rules.
The House Thursday approved a bill that will upend the current voting process for the upcoming primary and general elections.
The House also passed a bill requiring the university and community college systems to protect the free speech and freedom to associate for all organizations on campuses and to provide funding for those organizations.
What one candidate didn’t know when her campaign began earlier this year, is that it would be disrupted by Goffstown’s ongoing polarization—and that she would receive threatening messages right up until Election Day, March 12.
Not only were they divided in whether or not they believed the resolution should pass, but they also revealed their own conflicting perspectives on the urgency of the climate crisis.