New Hampshire drops several spots in business ranking
New Hampshire has won accolades for its post-pandemic recovery, but a new report suggests that the state’s attractiveness to businesses may be slipping.
23-year-old Republican Karoline Leavitt launches bid to flip New Hampshire House seat
Leavitt, 23, most recently served as the communications director for New York Rep. Elise Stefanik. She is running in the state’s 1st congressional district in hopes of unseating Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, and would be the youngest woman elected to Congress in American history if she wins.
New Hampshire law aims to expand broadband access through municipal grants
Broadband access in New Hampshire could be expanded under legislation signed by Gov. Chris Sununu that diverts money to local governments to help connect more of its citizenry to the Internet.
The Windham Incident audit is complete and has been delivered to New Hampshire officials
The now infamous Windham Audit has concluded. It was a long process searching for why a hand recount produced 300 more votes for four Republican candidates and about 100 fewer votes for a Democrat. Now the audit is complete and has been submitted.
New Hampshire teachers union may sue over school voucher expansion
Megan Tuttle says the plan will siphon limited money and resources from traditional public schools and force cities and towns to raise property taxes to make up for the loss of state funding. She said the union “remains open to all options regarding potential legal challenges.”
Gov. Sununu signs bill decriminalizing unlicensed hair cuts
Cutting someone’s hair without a professional license is no longer a crime in New Hampshire under a bill signed by Gov. Chris Sununu.
New Hampshire diversity councilors resign over ‘divisive concepts’ ban
Ten members of the 16-member Governor’s Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion submitted a letter of resignation to Sununu citing his support for the provision of the spending package he signed last week that prohibits teaching about systemic racism and sexism in public schools and state-funded programs.
New Hampshire Legislature approves $13.5 billion budget
New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled Legislature pushed through a two-year $13.5 billion budget on Thursday that includes sweeping tax cuts and controversial measures limiting abortions and diverting more taxpayer dollars to school choice programs.
New Hampshire budget would expand school choice program
Tucked into the proposed two-year state budget is a provision that would authorize “education freedom accounts” which would divert state educational dollars for students who choose to leave public schools to attend private, parochial or charter schools, or home schooling.
Sununu urged to veto abortion ban provision in state budget
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is being urged to veto a provision in the proposed state budget that would ban abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
New Hampshire’s list of police misconduct could be released
The legislation, which won final approval in the state House of Representatives last week, would require the attorney general’s office to make the information subject to the state’s right-to-know law, allowing the public to see the names of the officers and their alleged misconduct.
Report: New Hampshire’s tax revenue rebounded at beginning of year
After a year filled mostly with negative year-over-year comparables for tax revenue, New Hampshire kicked off 2021 back on the plus side of the equation, according to a new study.