News
NHFPI Annual Conference to Explore Key State Budget Areas for 2025 Session
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To learn more and register, visit?nhfpi.org/conference.
North Country Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Opioids
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A New Hampshire doctor pleaded guilty today to unlawfully distributing a controlled substance. This is the first conviction of a doctor in the District of New Hampshire from a joint investigation by the New England Strike Force and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Two Changes to Default Budgets Proposed
Two bills that would change the default budget process for Senate Bill 2 towns and school districts had different fates before the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee Tuesday.
Senate Finance Rejects Governor’s Office Request To Restore $100,000 To Its Budget
The Department of Corrections will go without a secretary and a request to restore $100,000 in the governor’s budget was rejected as the Senate Finance Committee gets to work this week on recommendations to the full Senate for a new budget in tough economic times.
Forest Carbon Capture Bill Headed To Moratorium and Study
A bill that would have extended the state’s timber tax to properties enrolled in carbon sequestration programs has been changed by a Senate committee to a study committee and moratorium.
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News
National Democratic Effort Pushing To Flip Both Chambers in NH with $1M Investment
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Flipping New Hampshire’s two chambers from Republican to Democrat is a top priority for the national Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee this cycle.
Courts & Corrections
Salem Cop Target of AG Investigation Wins at NH Supreme Court
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Mike Verrocchi is challenging his placement on the state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, also known as the Laurie List, over what amounts to a years-old prank and a speeding ticket. In a ruling released Wednesday, the Court agreed that Verrocchi’s infraction does not rise to the level of the EES.
Education
Oversight Committee Discusses Accountability for Education Freedom Account Program.
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Enrollment in the state’s Education Freedom Account program continues to rise, growing 26 percent this year and costing an estimated $28 million.
Education
State Police Search For 15-Year-Old Patient Missing from Hampstead Hospital
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Editor’s note: Shortly after 6:30 p.m. State Police said the teen was found and is safe, but provided no other details.
Education
Bedford Educator Candice DeAngelis Is 2025 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year
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Selected from a pool of 331 nominees, DeAngelis was chosen for her contagious energy in the classroom, her ability to fully engage students and her wide-reaching ability to make learning a foreign language fun for her students.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Rand School Funding Trial is Underway
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It all comes down to local control. The more equitable the funding, the more choices each school district has.
Feature
Speaking of Words: The Grammar You Already Know
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Suppose you never had a teacher who taught you “grammar,” by which I mean how to diagram sentences, distinguish singular versus plural possessives, avoid dangling participles, and the like, along with spelling.
NH Legal Assistance launching housing discrimination listening sessions
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As part of a fair housing outreach grant provided by federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Housing Justice Project of NHLA is embarking on a new outreach initiative to connect directly with limited English proficient (“LEP”), Jewish, and Muslim communities in New Hampshire regarding housing discrimination.
Business & Economy
Some Lakes Region Patients Suddenly Without Primary Care Doctors, Concord Hospital Says It’s Recruiting
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While maintaining Concord Hospital Health System is “strong, stable and growing” patients said they have fired three primary care physicians impacting 6,000 patients.
News
Brookline Fire Chief Quits Under Duress
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Brookline’s Fire Chief Charles Corey resigned his post last week, seemingly under pressure.
Feature
Labor Board Attorney Calls for Dartmouth to Negotiate with Basketball Players Union
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The National Labor Relations Board has ordered Dartmouth College to begin collective bargaining with its basketball team, the first undergraduate basketball players in the country to form a union.
Courts & Corrections
AG: One Man Dies in Police-Involved Shooting, One Officer Injured
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The identity of that individual is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. An autopsy will be scheduled by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Business & Economy
NH Union Leader Seeks $1M BFA Loan as Part of $4M Plan To Bail Out Executive Pensions
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The New Hampshire Union Leader is seeking a $1 million state Business Finance Authority loan as part of a $4 million investment plan to bailout executive pensions, according to their workers’ union, the New Hampshire NewsGuild.
Education
Plaintiffs Argue Rand Decision on Statewide Property Tax Should Stand
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In a brief filed Monday, the plaintiffs in the Rand education funding suit on appeal before the Supreme Court, say the superior court decision should stand as it follows past rulings, past practices and constitutional provisions.
News
Craig Launches ‘Freedom and Opportunity Tour’ Focusing on Abortion Rights and Housing
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Flanked by leaders of a number of labor groups who have endorsed her, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig launched her “Freedom and Opportunity Tour” of the state Monday.
Business & Economy
Request Denied To Extend ORHV Season on Headwaters Tract; Councilor Kenney Opposes Decision
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A request to extend the OHRV riding season for the next two weeks, during upland bird hunting season on the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract here was rejected Monday.
Feature
Sassy News Girl TikToks InDepthNH News
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What has been happening in New Hampshire news recently? Well, here’s some recent headlines from InDepthNH.org! Come take a Sassy News Girl Walk with me.|
Courts & Corrections
Update: Man Accused of Killing His Grandmother with a Hammer
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State Police found Cynthia Lanchester, 76, dead on the ground apparently suffering from blunt force trauma wound.
Education
Distant Dome: Two Weeks of Education Funding Legal Wrangling Ahead
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The latest round for education funding lawsuits enters the judicial ring this week in Rockingham County Superior Court and will be argued over the next two weeks.