Budget
Republicans Seek to Eliminate Governor’s Family and Medical Leave Program
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The state’s not-yet-begun paid family and medical leave program is on the chopping block for some Republicans.
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The state’s not-yet-begun paid family and medical leave program is on the chopping block for some Republicans.
A new law that prohibits teaching one race is inherently superior or inferior to another has no place in state statutes, a senate committee was told Tuesday.
CONCORD — The Education Freedom Account program would be forced to live within its budget this fiscal year and next under a bill heard Wednesday.
A new study of the pandemic’s effect on state revenues shows New Hampshire in the middle of the pack nationally.
The Pew Research Center’s study, using US Census data for quarterly revenue collections by the states and adjusted for inflation, shows some states rebounding quicker than others in revenue collection which includes taxes, licensing, and compulsory fees with most states returning to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of this calendar year.
Democrats said it would increase property taxes, invade a woman’s privacy, and prevent teaching about racism while failing to pay for the social services desperately needed as the state’s residents come out of the pandemic, like homelessness.
CONCORD – State police were called to the State House Thursday after hundreds of pro-choice activists, public education supporters, disability rights groups, and climate change activists entered the building following an outdoor rally and demanded Gov. Chris Sununu veto the budget.
It was the 111th press conference held related to the pandemic and it came 458 days after his declaring a state of emergency on March 16.
All good things must come to an end, but the budget committee of conference on House Bill 2 pushed the limits Thursday.
The $13.5 billion next biennial budget approved by negotiators will look very much like the budget passed by the Senate earlier this month.