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The Senate approved a bill Thursday that would allocate $12 million per year in state funding to nonprofits providing services to homeless people, amid concerns that municipal budgets are strained and shelters are struggling.

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire is in the top 10% of states when it comes to fourth-grade and eighth-grade reading, according to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress report, released Wednesday. 

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban “sanctuary city” policies in which communities bar local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, part of a Republican push to tighten immigration laws in the state.

By ETHAN DEWITT

As President Donald Trump takes a flurry of actions designed to slow down immigration and increase deportations, Republicans in New Hampshire are proposing their own slew of policy proposals.

By ETHAN DEWITT

By the time she heard the news, Ann Marie O’Rourke had been living in her Hampton apartment for 18 years. It was her solace shortly after a divorce, a small but comfortable unit with good neighbors and a balcony view, not too close to the beach but not too far.

By ETHAN DEWITT

Gabrielle Jette is aware of the education freedom account program. She just doesn’t qualify for it.

By ETHAN DEWITT

In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore lost the state of New Hampshire narrowly, by 7,211 votes. Under the state’s “winner take all” system, all four of the Granite State’s Electoral College votes went to Republican George W. Bush, a win that would prove consequential in Bush’s overall victory. 

By ETHAN DEWITT

The signs that New Hampshire’s business tax revenues might be faltering first emerged in late 2023. Now, they’re unmistakable.

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire Supreme Court held that a local white supremacist group, NSC-13, did not violate the state’s Civil Rights Act when it displayed a banner reading “KEEP NEW ENGLAND WHITE” from an overpass. 

By ETHAN DEWITT

The new year brings a wealth of changes to New Hampshire, from the governor’s office to the Legislature. It also includes a number of new laws. While most of the 378 laws signed by Gov. Chris Sununu in 2024 have already taken effect, many were timed...

By ETHAN DEWITT

About once every year for the past eight years, New Hampshire lawmakers had their shot at a moment with Gov. Chris Sununu.Away from the press, and off the legislative calendar, the governor’s staff would open up the Executive Council chambers, spread...

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In Kelly Ayotte’s campaign for governor, the now-governor-elect was clear in ads and speeches: She would not be making changes to the state’s abortion law.That law, passed in 2021, bans abortions after six months of pregnancy except in cases of fatal...

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Two Londonderry Republicans will lead the New Hampshire House and Senate for the next two years, after being formally voted in by their peers Wednesday. Sherman Packard was reelected House speaker, beginning his third term in the job with a much more...

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The Executive Council tabled a proposal Wednesday to create a public-private partnership and allow Dartmouth Health to run the state’s Hampstead Hospital, after councilors argued they needed more time to review the contract.The proposal would allow...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a public-private partnership with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital – a branch of the Dartmouth Health system – to take over the state’s Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment...

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After a two-year process, lawmakers approved a broad package of state rules last week governing how public schools should operate. But many public school educators say they aren’t happy.Known as the “minimum standards for public school approval,” the...

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The number of reported bullying incidents among New Hampshire public middle school students ticked up 12.5% this past school year, state data shows, after it had appeared to plateau since the pandemic.But other metrics have been more steady. The...

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New Hampshire school districts will be hit with a spike in costs for special education this year due to higher than usual costs per student, according to the state Department of Education.And the state’s special education aid fund — which is supposed...

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In 2022, the town of Newington needed to raise $309,366 in statewide property taxes in order to pay for an “adequate education” in its schools as defined by a state formula.Instead, after applying the standard statewide property tax rate, the town...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Two months away from leaving office, Gov. Chris Sununu had a reminder for lawmakers Tuesday: New Hampshire faces leaner times ahead.As lawmakers craft a budget, the expiration of COVID-19 relief funding, which allowed New Hampshire to disburse...