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By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

When House budget writers moved to eliminate the Office of the Child Advocate, they said it was a matter of cost savings; defunding the office could save the state about $2 million, over two years. The fate of the agency now rests with the New Hampshire Senate — where the deciding factor could be less about finances, more about the office’s willingness to temper its advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ youth.

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Home for 65-year-old Maurice Fazekas is a U-Haul in Claremont. If he gets the $120,000 the state has offered him for the abuse he suffered at its former youth detention center, Fazekas will buy a van. If he doesn’t, he’ll move to the streets.

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A federal judge in Concord pressed the Trump administration Thursday for more details about its ban on diversity, equity and inclusion in schools, including what would be prohibited. The federal government’s answers offered little clarity for educators wondering what they can — and can’t — do.

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State lawmakers voted Friday to honor — for now — their commitment to settle with victims abused as children at New Hampshire's former youth detention center. But the future is uncertain for more than 750 victims with outstanding claims, because the state has not agreed to continue the settlement fund beyond June.

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Nearly a hundred New Hampshire educators and others rallied outside a Manchester high school Saturday, protesting President Trump’s order to close the federal Department of Education.

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Shivering and somber, dozens of people gathered in a Manchester park Friday night to mourn people who’d died young, sleeping in shelters and cars, and on the street.

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Three years ago, New Hampshire lawmakers cited compassion and commitment when they set aside $100 million to compensate hundreds of people sexually and physically abused by state workers at the former Youth Development Center. They added $60 million to a special fund for victims the next year and pledged to keep doing so until 2032.

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Dozens of Plymouth State University students gathered on campus Tuesday to protest reports the university is considering eliminating 30 faculty positions in the humanities program to meet a budget shortfall.

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Concerns from New Hampshire educators are at the center of one of the first legal challenges to the Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools.

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House Republicans are ramping up efforts to take control of local school spending in New Hampshire with a mandatory statewide budget cap for all districts. The move comes just weeks after several local communities rejected a similar — but optional — spending cap.

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The organization that governs sports for New Hampshire public schools told districts they must comply with a recent executive order from President Trump forbidding transgender girls from playing on girls sports’ teams.

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Voters have a new tool for controlling school spending. Under a law that took effect in October, they have the option to cap how much districts spend for each individual student — rather than voting on the district budget as a whole.

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The state Department of Education has told school leaders they should review their district’s diversity and equity programs to ensure they comply with President Trump’s recent mandates prohibiting those programs at the federal level and limiting the federal government's recognition of gender to male and female.

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The parents of a boy who was killed in a 2023 boating accident at a Boy Scout camp in Gilmanton, N.H., are suing the scouting organization and the 18-year-old counselor who was driving the boat.

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Education officials across New Hampshire are trying to figure out how they will handle immigration enforcement on school grounds, after federal protections against such activities were lifted during President Trump’s first week in office.

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The New Hampshire Fish and Game said it is considering charging two hikers for their rescue in the White Mountains Saturday. One of them said he is OK with that.

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A state superior court judge has disqualified a state prosecutor and financial expert from the Attorney General’s office’s fraud case against Concord Casino Andy Sanborn, after finding the office committed “gross negligence” during its investigation.

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Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut says he is now working with lawmakers to cover nearly $16 million unanticipated special education costs. Two months ago, Edelblut told school leaders they would be shouldering that expense.

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Republicans in the New Hampshire House and Senate are asking the state Supreme Court to take up Sen. Andy Sanborn’s appeal to reclaim his casino license, arguing that the public would benefit if he’s able to proceed with a sale.

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Concord Casino owner Andy Sanborn made his first court appearance Thursday in his 17-month fight with the state, this time to face criminal theft charges.

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New Hampshire public schools have not been used to house migrants. Should that change, schools that did would lose public funding under Republican-backed legislation.Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia, House Bill 71’s prime sponsor, said her intent is to...