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New Hampshire pockets benefits for foster kids. A Concord High student is trying to change that.
02-09-2025 7:01 AM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Dawson Hayes knows the drill this time. 

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House Republicans seek to dismantle state DEI offices, programs in New Hampshire
02-08-2025 2:00 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When doctors diagnosed her son with autism 15 years ago, Iraida Muñoz moved her family from Puerto Rico to the U.S. in hopes of accessing better healthcare.


What to look for in the State House this week
02-07-2025 8:00 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It’s budget week in the State House. As Gov. Kelly Ayotte presents her draft of the next state budget, legislative priorities will begin to unfold.


Citing labor shortage, N.H. lawmakers want to give state troopers $900K in sign-on bonuses, recruitment help
02-05-2025 3:09 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire, like the rest of the country, has a well-known shortage of police officers. To entice more to come to the Granite State, lawmakers might allocate $900,000 in state funds to provide sign-on bonuses for state troopers and other recruitment strategies.


With heavy property tax burden, help for veterans considered at both state and local level
02-05-2025 2:10 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Charlie Trowbridge has one question for veterans like himself. 


Senate weighs stricter ban on student cell phones in schools
02-04-2025 11:39 AM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A group of New Hampshire senators wants to tighten rules around cell phones in schools.


House Republicans propose capping local school budgets as the education funding debate forges ahead
01-31-2025 4:30 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With an increase in state aid to school districts to pay for an adequate education, Republicans want to cap how much local spending can increase to keep taxes down.


Senate passes mandatory minimums for fentanyl possession, deals
01-30-2025 5:54 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire is one step closer to establishing mandatory minimum sentences on fentanyl charges.


NH Dems push for waiting period on gun sales
01-30-2025 4:14 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Donna Morin told lawmakers a waiting period on gun purchases could have saved her son.


Speeding fines could increase on New Hampshire highways under proposed new law
01-29-2025 6:25 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Considering speeding in New Hampshire? Think again.


‘Dump the Dump’: Casella’s Forest Lake landfill plan gets attention at State House
01-29-2025 5:54 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Carolyn Choate had heard about Casella Waste Systems’ plan to build a landfill near Forest Lake in Dalton and the local community’s efforts to stop it.


New Hampshire lawmakers weigh spending $15M more on shelter, housing support
01-29-2025 8:37 AM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Families in Transition turned away 885 people from its adult shelter in Manchester last year.


Bill to cut Medicaid circumcision spending returns to New Hampshire legislature
01-28-2025 5:05 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A man from Salem said he’s never felt whole since he was circumcised as a baby and has spent his adult life trying to reverse the procedure.


As Republicans move to withdraw 15-week abortion ban, advocates show up to defend reproductive freedom
01-27-2025 5:31 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Around 100 people gathered in Concord to testify and lobby lawmakers regarding a 15-week abortion ban on Monday, when they received an unexpected announcement: The bill is all but dead in the water.


‘It sets a dangerous precedent,’: School officials defend Bow superintendent as legislation moves to remove her
01-27-2025 5:28 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Marcy Kelley, superintendent of Bow and Dunbarton’s school district, is standing up to a legislative effort calling for her removal over allegations that she suppressed parents’ free speech during a girls’ soccer game last fall.


What to look for in the State House this week
01-26-2025 11:52 AM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In the second week of full-blown bill hearings, several big-ticket items have already come before the Legislature.


‘They’re chemically, physically addicted’: Will New Hampshire require local schools to ban cell phones in the classroom?
01-26-2025 11:43 AM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When Leah Wolczko began collecting her students’ cell phones during class, she became an “urban legend.”


As cannabis legalization falls flat, advocates focus on expanding New Hampshire’s medical marijuana program
01-25-2025 7:00 AM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When the legislative committee opened the public hearing for a bill that’d legalize cannabis in New Hampshire, no one stepped up to the microphone.


Democrats face uphill battle in attempt to prohibit EFAs from use in religious schools
01-24-2025 2:30 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Most money from New Hampshire’s school choice program ends up at small group of Christian-affiliated religious schools and some Democrats are seeking to change that.


‘Life-changing’: Legislature weighs taking more from business taxes to nearly double base adequacy aid for education
01-23-2025 4:24 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hopkinton Rep. David Luneau wants to nearly double New Hampshire’s contribution to public education.


NH bill would require abortion data be reported to state
01-22-2025 4:43 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire is an outlier in the region when it comes to collecting abortion statistics. A bill by Sen. Kevin Avard seeks to change that.

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