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Gov. Kelly Ayotte laid out her differences with the House GOP budget and priorities, weighed in on Trump’s tariffs and their impact on the state and said she was not surprised that former Gov. Chris Sununu has decided against a run for the U.S. Senate.
A large gathering of Democrats came to the State House lawn Wednesday, the day before the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a Republican-led, two-year budget for the state with leaders saying they will fight for a “Better Budget” on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, was among members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee who pressed a top Trump Administration official on just how far it will go to achieve the goals from tariffs which are right now tearing apart retirement savings on Tuesday.
Whether the state should do away with its vehicle inspections entirely or make it required every two years is now being hotly debated in the Senate where the second of two long public hearings on House Bill 649 continued Tuesday before the Senate Commerce Committee.
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.
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.