Education
Senate Committee Backs Expanding EFA Program
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The Senate Education Committee Tuesday voted to recommend a bill that would expand the Education Freedom Account program by increasing the income threshold.
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The Senate Education Committee Tuesday voted to recommend a bill that would expand the Education Freedom Account program by increasing the income threshold.
The Senate Finance Committee reduced the University System of New Hampshire’s appropriation for the next biennium by $6.4 million in its meeting Tuesday.
None of the bills related to cannabis from legalizing recreational use in adults to allowing people to grow it for therapeutic reasons are going to the Senate with a recommendation to pass.
– Healthcare, business, and elder affairs leaders across the state spoke strongly in favor of a permanent expanded Medicaid program without a sunset clause saying it will save the state money in the end and help with better health outcomes for residents.
Dartmouth Health announced at a news event on Monday, May 8, at Manchester Fire’s Station 8 on East Industrial Park Drive a partnership with the Manchester Fire Department and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire to screen eligible firefighters for cancer.
Earlier in the day, Shaheen delivered remarks at the 2023 Keeping History Above Water Conference in Portsmouth.
Philip A. DeVincent, the Administrative Officer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was honored in Washington D.C. with a Director’s Award for his service to the District of New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Rockingham Superior Court Judge Daniel I. St. Hilaire dismissed Eric Spofford’s lawsuit on April 17, but gave him 30 days to amend his complaint to focus on allegations of actual malice on the part of NHPR.
As New Hampshire’s State Board of Education reviews the 306 Administrative Rules, which set the minimum standards for public school approval, public education advocates have taken to spreading the word about public listening sessions in the absence of any publicly available information from the Department of Education and the State Board of Education.