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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Heather Barber has read “To Kill a Mockingbird” cover-to-cover at least six times.

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What constitutes a “legitimate” cause to evict a tenant?

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Dave DeTour, of Weare, feels for the nearly 200,000 Granite Staters who rely on Medicaid health insurance.

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Brian Karoul was ready to move back east.

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A push to create mandatory minimum prison sentences for fentanyl-related crimes will move forward after it hit the skids earlier last week.

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As Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a new law on Tuesday, dubbed the “parental bill of rights,” distrust in the public school system that’s been percolating for years culminated with full force.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Under Republican proposals for a parental bill of rights headed to the desk of Gov. Kelly Ayotte, teachers and school personnel in New Hampshire would be mandated to answer any and all questions from parents.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

After weeks of crunching numbers and weighing priorities, almost no one in the New Hampshire Senate was 100% happy with the state budget.

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New Hampshire’s Republican majority added several notches on its belt this week as conservative priorities crossed key checkpoints.

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New Hampshire lawmakers don’t often align, but banning student cellphone use in schools became one of those rare occasions.

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Republicans’ push to allow businesses and government entities to classify people by biological sex instead of gender identity has landed on the governor’s desk once again.

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State senators are tasked with weighing many “challenging” bills, but Loudon Republican Howard Pearl said the push to end annual vehicle inspections in New Hampshire was “one of the biggest ones” they’ve dealt with this year.

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Come next year, the Peterborough Police Department – along with other local police departments – could be required to assist federal immigration enforcement, against the wishes of Peterborough residents who testified against it in Concord.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Making good on their campaign promises, New Hampshire Republicans sent a bill to the governor that would allow towns to adopt local spending caps at their next town meeting.

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Patrons out for a drink who’d like to refill their glasses without waiting for the server might have their wish come true.

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Republican Sen. Daniel Innis holds a long record of supporting marijuana legalization. But after a split vote among his conservative colleagues placed bills regulating the plant’s medical use in limbo, Innis said he won’t be leading a charge to pass them this year.

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Republican budget writers advanced a policy change April 5 that would place a prohibition on all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in New Hampshire.

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From a ban on cat declawing to designating the state’s official marsupial, New Hampshire lawmakers thought outside the box when filing legislation this year.

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Picture this -- finishing dinner and drinks at a restaurant, and pouring an alcoholic beverage into a to-go cup to bring home or sip it while wandering around downtown.

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House lawmakers passed what’s effectively a statewide ban on sexual content in K-12 schools on Thursday, which would also create a complaint and appeals process for parents to challenge books they feel are inappropriate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Transgender-related legislation dominated the New Hampshire State House last week, with lawmakers advancing a handful of bills that could direct people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex, not their gender, as well as ban puberty blockers, hormone treatment and breast surgery for people under age 18.