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A controversial proposal to build a landfill close to a North Country lake and state park has been denied by the state Department of Environmental Services, though it can be appealed within 30 days.
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.
Ending speculation, Democratic New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas announced his plan Thursday to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jeanne Shaheen.
Children’s access to “obscene” or “harmful” materials in schools and school libraries is the focus of three bills this legislative session, with House Bill 324 causing some drama last week when its author read graphic scenes from two young adult novels on the House floor.
The grassroots upsurge of resistance to the policies of the Trump administration will reach a new peak Saturday, April 5, when demonstrations are expected in one thousand locations nationwide, including sixteen in New Hampshire.
Armando Barron is going to stay in prison for the brutal murder of Jonathan Amerault after the New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected Barron’s appeal.
During the coldest months of the year, LIHEAP is instrumental in helping Americans afford to heat their homes or replace a broken furnace in an emergency.
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.
A measure that would prohibit language related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in all state contracts going forward passed without public hearing by House Republicans in the Finance Committee who pushed for reconsideration of a vote to defeat it after a Democrat left the meeting at the end of a long day.