As the Claremont School District reels from a $5 million budget deficit, reducing staff, shutting schools, and fighting to get through the school year, Republicans in Concord are split over how much they should help out. On one side are those who say the state should provide some temporary financial assistance to give the school […]
Marc Tremblay handily won the Republican nomination in the special primary election to be Berlin’s next state representative. He will now face Democrat Corinne Cascadden, who was unopposed in her primary election, in November. Tremblay is the Berlin police commissioner and previously served as state representative from 2010 to 2012. Tremblay, who started his career […]
Billie Butler, who won a special election to replace Dawn Evans in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in June, was sworn in to office Wednesday by Gov. Kelly Ayotte at the state’s Executive Council meeting. Butler, a Democrat, defeated Republican Ken Hilton to represent the reliably Democratic Strafford County District 12, which includes Somersworth […]
The chaotic final days of the New Hampshire budget process may soon be over. On Wednesday evening, hours before the House and Senate were scheduled to meet, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she had come to an agreement with legislative leaders after a week of discord. The statement, released just after 6 p.m., did not specify […]
Billie Butler won a special election Tuesday to replace Dawn Evans, who moved out of the district, in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Butler, a Democrat, defeated Republican Ken Hilton by a vote of 964-774. Butler will now represent Strafford County District 12, which includes Somersworth and Rollinsford. Butler carried the vote in both […]
Library records in New Hampshire are currently confidential under state law, but a bill being considered by the state Legislature could carve out an exception for parents. House Bill 273, if passed, would mandate public libraries make kids’ borrowing histories available to their parents upon request. That bill, which went through the committee of conference […]