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By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire lawmakers are weighing a bill to end the state’s tradition of open primaries by requiring residents to register with a political party at least four months before the state primaries in order to vote in that primary. House Bill 101 would...

By ETHAN DEWITT

A trio of Republican House lawmakers are pushing to raise the entry requirements for candidates in New Hampshire party primaries, requiring significantly more money or signatures to get onto a primary ballot.But the measure has attracted opposition...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire’s schools are spending more per student than ever before, in part because of an increase of federal COVID-19-related funding.New figures released by the state’s Department of Education Friday show that the schools spent about 5.24...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire House voted down two attempts to allow for remote participation in the House, keeping in place pre-pandemic rules that require a physical presence for floor votes and committee hearings.On a roll call vote Wednesday, the House...

By ETHAN DEWITT

House Speaker Sherman Packard will launch special legislative committees on housing and child care next year, bringing new focus to two persistent issues for the state.The special committees will join the House’s 24 existing standing committees and...

By ETHAN DEWITT

By the time Susan Bell accepted her parents’ offer to live with them, she had already experienced one of the hardest months of her life.Back in October, the 55-year-old had endured two stays in the local hospital, first for double pneumonia and later...