New Hampshire’s education freedom account, or EFA, program has 10,510 students participating this year, nearly double the number last year, according to figures released by the Department of Education last month. The state is expected to spend $51.6 million in total this school year, compared with $30.3 million last year.  But in the months since […]

Key federal funding for New Hampshire schools has not been affected by the shutdown in Washington, Department of Education Commissioner Caitlin Davis said Thursday — at least the money that flows through the state Department of Education.  That’s because the federal money for the coming school year was “forward-funded,” meaning it was given to the […]

The New Hampshire Executive Council confirmed Bryan Gould as associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Wednesday, cementing Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s first pick for the high court. In a 4-1 vote, the council approved Ayotte’s nomination of Gould, with all four Republicans voting yes and Democratic Councilor Karen Liot Hill voting no. Republicans praised […]

At a pivotal hearing before the Executive Council Friday, New Hampshire Supreme Court judicial nominee Bryan Gould spent significant time laying out the cases from which he would recuse himself. If confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, the 40-year attorney and director at Cleveland, Waters and Bass in Concord said he would almost certainly step […]