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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.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

This time of year, the New Hampshire State House and the Legislative Office Building are bustling with public hearings, committee meetings and voting sessions. Come summer, half of the legislative hub will close for 18 months or more for renovations, displacing senators, bill hearings and other public business until 2027.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

While the federal Department of Government Efficiency has come under fire in the past month for sweeping layoffs and cuts to government services, New Hampshire’s version of the effort has sought to assure the public that it is looking at things with a more fine-toothed comb.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

For Eric Pauer, a former board member of the Hollis Brookline Cooperative School District, school board elections are already deeply rooted in party politics. So, why not make it official?

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In the State House this past week, cannabis legislation advanced through the House of Representatives while other legislative attempts by Democrats were shot down. Gov. Kelly Ayotte also had a direct message for the state’s prison system. Here’s what you need to know about New Hampshire government last week.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Two years after expanding Medicaid coverage for pregnant women and mothers, a bipartisan group of senators is ready to take the next step.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Mackenzie West, who moved to New Hampshire last year, is doubting her future in the Granite State because of Republican-led bills surrounding transgender issues.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Kelly Ayotte has a grammatical note for the officials that run the state’s prisons: The people held there are “inmates,” not “residents.”