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Coverage involving education and schools.
When Gov. Chris Sununu was asked by reporters Wednesday about the Israel-Hamas war protests around the country, with one expected to start at Dartmouth College in Hanover later in the day, he said it was all about hatred.
The Executive Council approved $1 million for OHRV trail repairs and $1 million for cyanobacteria prevention in state waters during its meeting Wednesday.
A bill to broaden parental rights over school curriculum and to require teachers to answer parents’ questions had mixed reviews at a public hearing Tuesday.
The union representing hundreds of Dartmouth College graduate student-workers says it will go on strike Wednesday, May 1 after eight months of bargaining and what the union calls the college administration’s “grossly inadequate” responses to union proposals.
Today, Governor Chris Sununu announced that Andrew Flockton, of Milford, New Hampshire has been selected as the 2024 ‘Governor for a Day’ competition winner. Andrew will act as Governor for a Day on Wednesday, May 1st, and join the Governor for the entire day at the State House and on the road.
Where should transgender students go to restrooms at school, what teams can they play on, which cell block should they reside in if incarcerated and when can they have gender-affirming surgery were the subjects of two legislative hearings on Thursday.
A school parental notification bill and one that would separate high school and college athletic teams by biological gender at birth received lengthy hearings in the House Education Committee Monday with opponents far outnumbering supporters.
Michael Gilpatrick had trouble telling his story on the witness stand Tuesday, pausing and holding back his emotions as he recounted for jurors the first time he was gang raped by Sununu Youth Services Center staff.
Rep. Alicia Lekas, R-Hudson, introduced House Bill 1665 to increase the income threshold for Education Freedom Accounts to 500 percent of the federal poverty level Tuesday before the Senate Education Committee.