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From banning cell phone use in classrooms to passing a balanced budget and working to find more affordable housing units, Senate Republicans said they will keep New Hampshire among the safest states in the nation and along the path to prosperity, despite what is expected to be a tough economic period.
With the 2025 fiscal year half over, the state faces a revenue deficit large enough to wipe out last fiscal year’s surplus and end the biennium in red ink.
A State Trooper fired after he lied to investigators looking into suspicious activity in his elderly aunt’s trust fund won’t get removed from the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, also known as the Laurie List.
Democratic leaders in the state House and Senate said they see hope for the coming legislative session to do what 49 percent of the voters in November voted for them to do, adding they plan an active voice throughout the budget process.
Following the passage of a bill last year reaffirming friendship between New Hampshire and Taiwan and encouraging the enhancement of bilateral trade relations, two state Senators toured economic and cultural development leaders at the State House Tuesday.
The following news release didn’t include the salaries or benefits for the hires in Gov.-Elect Kelly Ayotte’s office. InDepthNH.org asked Ayotte’s press office for that information and will update this story when it is released.
The $110 million deal comes at a time when the non-profit hospital was on the “brink of bankruptcy” and had laid off 142 this past year and has debt totaling more than $160 million, according to the report of the Director of Charitable Trusts.
Pursuant to a new law designed to streamline the process of getting permission for prior authorization of some health procedures, the state Insurance Department issued a bulletin Friday detailing the process for health insurers and related entities.
Saint Joseph Hospital in Nashua is alerting patients that as of Jan. 1, 2025, they are no longer part of Anthem’s insurance network, according to the New Hampshire Insurance Department.