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Gov. Ayotte Signs 19 Bills Into Law; Vetoes One

By News Release | 21 hours ago

The Governor’s veto statement.

Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill

A measure to impose a moratorium on creating any new carbon sequestration forest farms in the state and the formation of a study committee on the impacts to the municipal timber tax revenue is more likely to pass into law after Littleton Republican Sen. David Rochefort got his colleagues to include it in a non-related parental rights bill.

House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting

The House made it more difficult to vote by absentee ballot passing several bills that will require more information to vote in absentia Thursday.

Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House 

The House once again voted to expand the Education Freedom Account program, opening it to any New Hampshire child regardless of his or her parents’ income.

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NH Senate Passes $15.7 Billion Budget Without Support from Democrats
Identical Parental Rights Bills on Way to Governor for Her Expected Signature
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hope Makris, Matriarch of the NASWA Resort Family
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UNH Poll: Granite Staters Oppose Trump’s Foreign Policy Choices, Divided on State Bills

By Andrew E. Smith, Ph.D. | May 29, 2025

Approval of President Trump’s job performance has declined slightly among Granite Staters since his inauguration. On foreign policy, most New Hampshire residents think Trump’s plan to accept a jet from Qatar is inappropriate.

Courts & Corrections

Ayotte Nixes Latest Pam Smart Request for Commutation Hearing

By Nancy West | May 29, 2025

Pam Smart, now 57, was turned down yet again for the chance to share what she has accomplished in her prison rehabilitation after serving three and a half decades of a life sentence for being an accomplice to the 1990 murder of her husband Gregg Smart in Derry.

Business & Economy

Upcoming Bike Week June 14-22 Could Be Indicator of Canadian Summer Travel

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 29, 2025

The 102nd Laconia Motorcycle Week is coming up June 14-22 and it could be a real indicator of where Canadian travel stands for the summer season.

Courts & Corrections

State Doesn’t Want Ex-DOC Head Helen Hanks Questioned in Prison Guard Murder Trial 

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 29, 2025

Prosecutors assigned to former corrections officer Matthew Millar’s second-degree murder case don’t want former Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks answering questions about her destruction of evidence in the matter.

Courts & Corrections

Dartmouth Grad Wants Rape Conviction Overturned

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 28, 2025

The Snapchat video made by Kyle Clampitt’s reported rape victim moments after the assault took place on a Dartmouth fraternity roof should not have been part of the trial evidence, according to an appeal notice filed by Clampitt’s attorney.

Arts and Entertainment

Budget Progress with Improved Revenue and Maybe a Plan for the Arts Moving Forward

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

With only a few days left before the Senate Finance Committee needs to pull together its own two-year budget, there appears to be some good news and differences from the House’s version while big ticket items remain to be debated.

Business & Economy

Rep. Weyler Calls School Boards ‘Corrupt’

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

Rep. Kenneth Weyler, R-Kingston, called the boards corrupt because he claimed they have not done anything to raise student performance levels.

Business & Economy

House Finance Committee Votes Along Party Lines to Expand Education Freedom Account Program

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

Down party lines, the House Finance Committee Wednesday voted to approve opening the Education Freedom Account to any student regardless of the parental income.

Courts & Corrections

AG: Autopsy Shows Manchester Man’s Death Was a Homicide

By News Release | May 28, 2025

The autopsy was conducted by Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Abigail Alexander. Dr. Alexander determined that Derek Jones’ cause of death was multiple sharp force injuries, and his manner of death was homicide. 

Courts & Corrections

Child Advocate Says $1.5M Budget Would Not Allow Her To Meet Statutory Mandate

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

The Senate could cut the size of the Office of the Child Advocate in half rather than entirely eliminating it, as was envisioned in the House budget, in order to save $2.2 million over two years.

Business & Economy

Report Finds State at Risk with Federal Fund Cuts

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

The recent claw back of federal grants and spending could eventually have a significant impact on the state’s economy according to a study done by the NH Fiscal Policy Institute on the effects of federal funding on the state.

News

50th Birthday Party Celebrated for First-in-the-Nation Primary Law

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 27, 2025

A birthday party was held at the State House council chambers Tuesday for a bill that made New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation primary 50 years ago.

Business & Economy

Coos County Could Be Designated a Distressed Economy as Part of Budget

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 27, 2025

Coos County is likely to be designated a “distressed place-based economy” for the next 20 years, which could help the North Country with economic development.

Courts & Corrections

Manchester Man Sentenced in Burning, Beating Death of His Son, Age 7

By News Release | May 27, 2025

After a sentencing hearing, the court sentenced Mr. Mohammad to 45 years to life in state prison, stand committed, on the murder count, and a consecutive sentence of two to four years on the falsification count, to be suspended for ten years upon release on the murder sentence, with a condition that he commit no new crimes.

Education

Body of Missing UNH Student Found

By News Release | May 27, 2025

There is no suspicion of foul play related to this case and the investigation has been closed.

Courts & Corrections

AG: Suspicious Death in Manchester

By News Release | May 27, 2025

The investigation was initiated after Manchester Police received a 911 call for assistance at a residence on Union Street earlier this morning. Responding officers discovered an adult male deceased inside an apartment.

Feature

Welcome To Budget Vogue

By SUSAN DROMEY HEETER, InDepthNH.org | May 26, 2025

I’ll celebrate all things vogue and budget, all things thrifty and trendy, all things frugal and fabulous.

Feature

Donald Latham Is Grand Marshal of Atkinson Memorial Day Parade for 40th Year

By Katharine Webster | May 26, 2025

It was a historic Memorial Day Monday as Donald Latham led its parade as Grand Marshal for the 40th year in a row.

Arts and Entertainment

Distant Dome: One Measly Dollar for the Arts

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 24, 2025

In our little piece of the world here in New Hampshire, our mountains have inspired countless paintings, as have our lakes, our seacoast and our factories lining the Merrimack River in Manchester.

Courts & Corrections

State Pays Millions To Families of Harmony, Elijah and Dennis

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 23, 2025

The state maintains it did nothing wrong in the tragic events that led to the separate murders of Harmony Montgomery, Elijah Lewis, and Dennis Vaughn Jr., but it still agreed to pay the families more than $10 million in total.

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