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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.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

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

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

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Considering speeding in New Hampshire? Think again.

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

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

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

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

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.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

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

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At the request of constituents, Sen. Kevin Avard said, he introduced a bill to make it easier to request a hand count of election ballots.

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Nine Republican state representatives filed a bill this week that would make abortion illegal after 15 weeks. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies and fetal abnormalities that are “incompatible with life.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Twelve-year-old Hunter Gebo clutched a sheet of paper and dragged his gloved index finger along the sentences, reading to a crowd of about 100 people outside the New Hampshire State House.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Senate conservatives are pushing a bill that would reallocate the state’s four electoral votes, splitting them up instead of allocating them completely to whichever candidate wins the popular vote.

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Anthony Foote has challenged the Bow School District twice in the past two years – once over a book he believed was inappropriate for schools, and now in a lawsuit over his pink armband protest at a girls’ soccer game.

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Hundreds of students were rejected from receiving Education Freedom Accounts in 2024 because their families earned more than the program’s income limits.If Republicans get their wish in the State House this session, any family, regardless of how much...

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Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender reassignment surgeries for minors.Those efforts will continue next year, as several Republicans have...

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New Hampshire’s consumer advocate, which represents residents and utility customers in government decisions, could be stripped of its funding and independence in the name of efficiency.Ross Berry, a state representative from Weare, filed a draft...

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It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahead of the revenue problem by asking state agencies to reduce their budgets requests.Still, this year’s proposals totaled nearly $17 billion...

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The budget ball is in Kelly Ayotte’s court.After 50 state agencies presented their budget proposals for the 2026-27 cycle, the governor-elect has about three months to piece together her draft spending plan and present it to the state Legislature.Her...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Sununu sent a message to state agencies: Decrease your budgets by about 4%. In budget hearings, department heads complied, hitting that mark on their funding proposals, but they're sending a message back: We don’t have...