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The state Senate expanded eligibility for the Education Freedom Accounts Wednesday, helping more parents pay to send their kids to private and religious schools.
The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a bill which is much different than the one the House sent them with lots more state control and restrictions, as is requested by the governor.
The New Hampshire Department of Education is pleased to announce the 15 semi-finalists for the 2025 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year Award. The teachers were selected from a total of 251 nominees and 76 applicants.
After 50 years in service to others at the State House, Democratic State Senator Lou D’Allesandro, 85, of Manchester announced he is retiring at the end of his term.
For the first time, legal, adult cannabis sales in New Hampshire were approved by the state Senate Thursday night, raising the potential for the state to set up as many as 15 state-run shops by 2025.
The vote was 13-10 with Sen. Denise Ricciardi, R-Bedford excused from the vote, after suffering a medical event just prior to the roll call vote. She was conscious, witnesses said when she left the chambers with medical attention.
The plaintiffs argued that when he was in the Attorney General’s Office he participated in both the trial and the appeal of the Claremont education funding case, and represented the state when attempting to extend the deadlines set in the Claremont II decision.
“Kids are on the ballot, whether you know it or not,” Gleason said to introduce the discussion. “Kids don’t have to be voters to be central and important to the race.”
A father from West Ossipee and another from Windham who have experienced life as parents of transgender teens spoke about the harm that could come if bills are passed related to restricting them from sports teams and certain medical care this week in the Senate.