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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Legislature advanced several key bills last week, including Republican overhauls on education funding, rollbacks on bail reform and more. Here’s what you need to know.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The interrogation started right out of the gate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Tedd Benson’s company has worked with the same Canadian supplier for over 20 years and uses a certain type of engineered wood to manufacture houses at its facilities in Keene and Walpole.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In the dusty basement of the State House Annex, the floor littered with chunks of cement dislodged from the construction above, a lawyer in a black suit clicked on his tape recorder.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A heavy pause hung over the crowd in Loudon Elementary School. People shifted in their seats, waiting for the next words out of Lisa Laughlin’s mouth.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Michael Negrete believes he’s earned the benefits he receives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. After all, he spent a decade of his life serving in the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Coast Guard.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Kelly Ayotte notched a policy victory early in her political tenure.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut will depart from his role at the end of the current school year, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Thursday afternoon.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to remove income requirements for the state’s school choice program starting in July 2026 in a win for the Legislature’s increased Republican majority.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

State lawmakers heard an earful from constituents, advocates and local officials denouncing the state’s current school funding formula and Education Freedom Accounts this week.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

An attempt by Democrats to reaffirm access to abortion in New Hampshire seemed to fall flat with the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives voted on over 200 bills last week, advancing many to the next stage of the legislative process. Here’s what you need to know.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A new fire truck, saving tax money and collaboration among local officials were the hot topics for Select Board candidates in Loudon at a forum this week, where hopefuls for local office fielded questions from a crowd of nearly 100 people.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When Concord residents Mark Scura and Maureen Redmond-Scura ventured to Revelstoke Coffee for an afternoon pick-me-up on Saturday, they happened upon hundreds of people rallying on Main Street.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Janice Kelble bundled up to brave the biting wind Friday morning. At the intersection of Pleasant and South streets, in front of the James Cleveland Federal Building in Concord, she held up a sign to passersby that targeted Elon Musk: “Billionaires are the real parasites.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Senate passed a parental bill of rights that would prohibit school districts from knowingly withholding or denying the existence of information about a parent’s child.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Ever wanted to order an alcoholic beverage delivered to your home? Under a proposed new law, you could.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

On one hand, Weare Rep. Ross Berry’s bill to fold New Hampshire’s independent Office of the Consumer Advocate into the state Department of Energy has the backing of Republican leadership.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

David Afflick loved going to his best friend Ethan King’s house growing up: It had the pool, plus one of the first Macintosh computers.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Rosie Emrich spent the weekend mulling over what she wanted to tell lawmakers on Monday.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In a quieter week for the New Hampshire Legislature during winter break, state leaders still made some big moves. Here’s what you need to know.