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For North Country towns facing a loss of revenue from the state’s timber tax due to a change in the way timber land owners can make money, the House passed a bill Thursday that would allow municipalities to collect a tax on standing wood and timber on land used for carbon sequestration.
The state Senate passed a bill that would eliminate income thresholds to access the state’s Education Freedom Accounts Thursday on a partisan vote of 16-8.
For the third time in three years lawmakers are making changes to the bail system that was reformed several years ago, and since that time has been made more and more restrictive.
Governor Kelly Ayotte announced Thursday that Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut will complete his term in office and will continue in holdover status to support schools through the end of the school year. His term ends March 23, 2025.
Expanding the Education Freedom Account program to every child in the state regardless of parental income was given initial approval Thursday by the House.
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.
Veteran corrections officer Claudia Cass, who was fired after she called attention to dangerously low staffing inside the men’s prison in Concord, got her case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Should the fact of whether or not a patron has a library card and active membership in a city’s or town’s public library be private or public information, and should people be punished for releasing it?
As the House Finance Committee holds its first public hearing on the State Budget, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) is releasing a detailed, data-driven analysis of the Governor’s State Budget Proposal for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027.