The New Hampshire House and Senate will meet Aug. 19 to take up 31 of Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s 33 vetoes this year, after the Republican governor broke a modern record for vetoing the most bills in one year passed by a Legislature of her own party. This year’s Veto Day, which will occur 20 days […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has again vetoed legislation to keep transgender people out of bathrooms, sports teams, and prisons that align with their gender identity.  The veto came as part of the final tranche of bills sent to the governor from this year’s legislative session. And it was one of three bills Ayotte blocked Wednesday. There […]

It was an idea decades in the making — and decades in the unraveling. In 1993, New Hampshire Executive Councilor Ray Burton unveiled the “Conway bypass”: a planned extension of Route 16 to circumvent Conway and North Conway and reduce traffic.  The plan targeted congestion concerns dating back to the 1950s, according to the Conway […]

New Hampshire legislators’ efforts to deregulate meat processing for certain of the state’s small producers has stalled after Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed the measure Friday. “Agriculture is an important part of our state’s economy and heritage, and I appreciate the bill’s intent to provide additional meat processing access for small farmers and producers,” Ayotte wrote […]

Nearly two years into her tenure, Gov. Kelly Ayotte has become comfortable with a veto pen.  The Republican governor vetoed nine bills Thursday, many of them lightning-rod political issues and priorities of lawmakers in her party. Months before the November general election, she took a red pen to conservative proposals to increase book removals in […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill that would’ve eliminated a three-year deadline for convicts to request a retrial based on new evidence. House Bill 1422 was pushed by the New England Innocence Project, which works to overturn wrongful convictions, and supported by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers. New Hampshire state law bars convicts from requesting […]

A Republican effort to keep transgender people out of restrooms, sports teams, and other spaces in New Hampshire that align with their gender identity has again been stymied in the State House’s corner office. Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed Senate Bill 552, sometimes called a “bathroom bill,” Friday. The bill would’ve created exceptions to New Hampshire’s […]

Last June, New Hampshire school choice advocates notched a long-sought victory: Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a bill to remove income limits on education freedom accounts. The EFA program itself was a touchstone school choice accomplishment when it launched in 2021. For five years, New Hampshire families have had the ability to leave or never attend […]