Borrowing records at public libraries have long been confidential under New Hampshire state law, even for the parents of a child borrower. A new law changes that. Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 273 Friday, which creates an exception to the confidentiality requirements and mandates that libraries provide parents access to their children’s library records. […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed seven bills Tuesday, many of which were intended to strengthen parental rights, bucking the conservative wing of her party over hotly contested legislation. In one action, Ayotte vetoed a bill intended to make it easier for parents and guardians to remove “obscene” books and materials from schools. House Bill 324 would […]

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 […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed two pieces of legislation Tuesday, one to extend the education freedom account program to all income levels and another to give families more control over their schools, delivering significant victories to “school choice” conservatives.  Flanked by children in a crowded council chamber room adjacent to her corner office in the State […]