Education
Special Ride For Nashua Boy, 7, Winner Of ‘Let’s Go Places’ Reading Contest
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NASHUA, NH – A Nashua 7-year-old boy rode to school in style, including lights flashing and sirens sounding letting everyone know he was arriving.
Education
Gatsas Questions DHHS Head On Solving Mental Health ER Boarding Crisis
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Why not use the almost empty Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester to address the emergency room mental health boarding crisis for children?
Business & Economy
Higher Education Faces Grim Future Without Changes, Officials Warn
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The chair of the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees painted a very bleak picture of the future of higher education in the state on Wednesday.
Education
More Bad Vibes in the House, This Time Zoomed From Education Committee
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The House Education Committee ended on a sour note Tuesday after testimony on gender- and transgender-legislation when the Republican sponsor of a bill that schools would no longer supply free menstrual products to girls accused a Democratic Representative of demeaning his bill.
Business & Economy
Roger Wood Asks Four Experts: Is the Merrimack River At Risk?
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Jerry Monkman, environmental videographer; Fred McNeil, Manchester city engineer; Dave Anderson, New Hampshire Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and John Macone from the Merrimack Valley Watershed Council, share their expertise.
Business & Economy
Sununu Says NH Teachers Can Expect COVID-19 Vaccinations Soon
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Teachers, school staff, and daycare workers can expect to be vaccinated against COVID-19 – some as early as March 12 – rather than waiting until April and May due to increased availability of COVID-19 vaccines and the rapid delivery of vaccines to date, state officials said at Thursday’s news conference.
Courts & Corrections
Change Sought in NH Constitution To Barring Religious School Funding
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The state’s Blaine amendment prohibiting state funding of religious schools, is a stain on the state’s reputation, said supporters of repealing it through a proposed constitutional amendment that could be before voters in 2022.
Business & Economy
Sununu Says $70M Can Be Added To Budget To Fund Eliminated Programs
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State revenues continue to be higher than expected, and that has Gov. Chris Sununu calling for House budget writers to fund programs he eliminated in his budget proposal.
Courts & Corrections
Council Confirms McKenzie Snow To Education, Eddie Edwards to Safety
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Former congressional candidate Eddie Edwards of Dover was unanimously approved as assistant commissioner of the Department of Safety and Gov. Chris Sununu formally placed the name of his chief legal counsel, John Formella of Portsmouth, to be the next attorney general at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday.