The New Hampshire Senate tabled legislation Thursday that would forbid hospitals located in distressed place-based economies from increasing e…
CONCORD — On Dec. 10, 2025, the New Hampshire Department of Education announced the selection of two New Hampshire students to participate in …
With the legislative session well under way, New Hampshire lawmakers haven’t tired of putting forward new proposals for how landfills should be sited and regulated — but finding one a majority can accept has proven difficult. Tension over the state’s waste has come to a head in recent years, with private waste disposal companies pushing […]
In a busy day at the State House, the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives voted on a handful of critical child care bills Thursday, including funding for the child care workforce grant program, tax credits, and increasing state scholarship eligibility. After extended debate and communication with the state’s congressional delegation, the Senate voted […]
New Hampshire Senate Republicans passed a bill Thursday to bar high school and college students from using their institution’s identification cards to vote, sending the measure to Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s desk. House Bill 323 would remove a voter’s ability to use a “valid student identification card” to prove their identity to obtain a ballot. Currently, […]
The New Hampshire Senate voted, 16-8, along party lines Thursday to kill Democrats’ attempt to reverse changes Republicans made to the state’s Medicaid program last year. In 2025, the Legislature enacted laws to impose premiums on the highest-income Medicaid enrollees starting this year. Senate Bill 484, sponsored by Nashua Democratic Sen. Cindy Rosenwald, would’ve repealed […]
An FBI raid on a Georgia elections facility has sparked concern about Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterms. An obscure 1970s Supreme Court case provides guardrails against that.
As legislation to create an “open enrollment” system for public schools awaits a final vote in the House, the state’s school superintendents association is speaking against the idea. In a statement Monday, the New Hampshire School Administrators Association said the bill, House Bill 751, would “risk overriding local decision-making.” The Republican bill, which passed the […]
The New Hampshire Senate voted to pass a bill Thursday that would allow retired grandparents to receive funds from the Child Care Scholarship Program without having to re-enter the workforce. The scholarship helps eligible families subsidize the cost of child care by paying a portion of their tuition directly to a child’s provider. Currently, to […]
New Hampshire Senate Republicans fast-tracked a bill to create universal open enrollment in New Hampshire public schools Thursday, using a parliamentary maneuver to send the bill to the House without needing a hearing in either chamber. If signed into law, the legislation would allow New Hampshire residents to enroll students in any school district in […]