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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.
It appears that cell phone use in schools is about to be limited or entirely curtailed in New Hampshire classrooms.
A new study by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute finds business tax rate reductions have cost the state between $795 million and $1.17 billion in forgone revenue since 2015 without the often promised bump in revenue due to increased economic activity.
The forest culture of the state, honored for generations, “will be dead and we will become outsiders to our own forest” if a “carbon first” culture replaces it, the Coös County Commissioners said in a letter to state officials.
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
The New York Times reported that the felonies involved falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened his campaign to become president in 2016. The newspaper said Trump will be sentenced July 11 and could face up to four years in prison.
Gov. Sununu’s spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request asking if he will sign it into law.
On Thursday, Administrative Law Judge Ryan N. McFarland of the Bureau of Hearings, upheld the state’s complaint and found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy’s “unlawful operation materially contributed to” the June 2019 crash that killed seven motorcyclists in Randolph.
Advocates for improved lake water quality were on Lake Winnipesaukee with U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, Thursday who came to learn about threats, challenges and what federal dollars she secured are doing to keep the water clear.
New Hampshire will now have a committee of conference between the House and Senate to determine if the Granite State will become the 25th state to legalize recreational adult cannabis sales.
The state of New Hampshire will not re-try former Democratic state Sen. Jeffrey Woodburn on charges of simple assault and domestic violence, according to a news release Wednesday from Attorney General John Formella.
Investigators recovered approximately 600 bags of fentanyl, 50 suboxone strips, a large sum of United States Currency, and paraphernalia consistent with drug distribution from the residence.
Brookline Fire Chief Charlie Corey is back on the job this week after a months-long suspension and internal investigation.
“The people in that building have not been on our side and have not been ensuring the rights of all citizens,” Grace Murray, Political Director of the New Hampshire Youth Movement, said in front of the State House.
Mental health nurses, social workers and administrative staff at the new state Hampstead Hospital for youth can become state employees after the Executive Council created a new expenditure class of more than $17 million to bring them into the fold on Wednesday.
But where will the tax revenue go? Tim Egan of the New Hampshire cannabis association talks about that and other issues surrounding the cannabis controversy with Roger Wood.
Manchester Proud, an organization working to champion student success within the Manchester School District through community engagement and community partnerships, presented its 2024 Student Volunteer Awards at the Tuesday, May 26, Board of School Committee meeting.
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the state’s controversial ‘divisive concepts’ law, which had its roots in an executive order by former President Trump, that limited how teachers can discuss issues such as race, sexual orientation and gender identity with students.
In 2008, for obvious reasons, I thought I had better learn more about economics and especially about capitalism, so I read a bunch of books and articles and took some notes.
It is not even technically summer yet, but it is starting out as a bad season for cyanobacteria with the state’s earliest warnings ever on record and four lakes already on lists this week.
After three days of trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of RSA 659:34-a, Voting in More Than One State Prohibited, a Class B Felony. The jury found that Mr. Rosen knowingly checked in at the checklist at the Belmont, Massachusetts polling place and cast a Massachusetts ballot after having already cast an absentee ballot in the same election in Holderness, New Hampshire.
In 2022, Christina Holbrook was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor that has a “median life expectancy of 14-22 months.
The border between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras in the Mexican state of Coahuila used to be open, like the one between Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec.