The state budget process is moving from the House to the Senate and the public will have an opportunity to weigh in with their concerns and priorities likely the first week of May.
Business & Economy
Child Welfare Monitoring Contract Approved By Council in 3-2 Vote
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New Hampshire will have a new and updated child welfare information system after the Executive Council voted 3-2 to support a formerly tabled $18.5 million contract Wednesday.
Business & Economy
Concerns Raised about NH House Budget Plan
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The Republican members of the House Finance Committee presented their proposed fiscal 2026-2027 operating budget to their colleagues Tuesday prior to the vote on the two-bill budget package Thursday.
Business & Economy
Planned Parenthood To Close St. Johnsbury Clinic, Impacting NH North Country Residents
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Planned Parenthood of Northern New England announced Tuesday it will close its St. Johnsbury, Vermont, health center on June 3, affecting Northern New Hampshire residents particularly in the Littleton area.
Business & Economy
Sununu Says He Won’t Run for U.S. Senate
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Former Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of Newfields said he is not going to run for U.S. Senate. He said it is not right for him and his family to go to Washington.
Health & Mental Health
Shaheen Seeks Explanation for Homeland Security’s Erroneous Emails to Ukrainians
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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yesterday seeking answers following reports that Ukrainians on humanitarian parole in the United States had received threatening emails from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that their humanitarian parole status had been terminated and that they had seven days to depart the country.
Health & Mental Health
NH Delegation To Kennedy: Restore $80M in Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment
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The state’s entire congressional delegation – four Democrats – are joining Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte in trying to restore $80 million in federal mental health and substance abuse treatment funds which were expected in the state, now leading to layoffs.
Arts and Entertainment
NH House Committee Approves $15.6 Billion Two-Year Budget Plan
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The finishing touches on a proposed House budget that cuts many state programs and services for the next two years but offers a balanced budget were worked out Thursday by the Finance Committee.
Arts and Entertainment
House Budget Recommends Dramatic Cuts To Health Programs
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From cutting Medicaid rates by 3 percent to eliminating funds for family planning clinics, to suspending the farmers market program for poor women, infants and children the House Finance Committee voted to recommend a state budget for Health and Human Services Tuesday, reducing $290 million from the next two years of general fund distributions.
Business & Economy
Committee Members Chided to Listen to the People on the Budget
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Like many other people testifying during the public hearing she called on lawmakers to live up to its constitutional obligation and fully fund an adequate education for every child in the state and not Education Freedom Accounts or its expansion.