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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 CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Manchester apartment building burned down, and its new owner was looking to rebuild; a Meredith duplex owner wanted to add another unit; a developer wanted to build 65 market-rate apartments in Pelham.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

House lawmakers approved changes to the next state budget that would subtract an additional $271 million from Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s proposal, cut more than 320 state jobs and abolish several services.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican budget writers advanced a policy change on Tuesday that would place a prohibition on all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in New Hampshire.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s prison system is on the verge of losing funding for nearly 200 positions after the House Finance Committee endorsed reducing the Department of Corrections’ spending by 10%.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire is inching closer to a pause on new landfills, with Gov. Kelly Ayotte now supporting a three-year moratorium — a middle ground between her first proposals and the five-to-six year ban lawmakers sought.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

After a final push this week, the House of Representatives and Senate have made it through the vast majority of their bills. Now, the state representatives are full steam ahead on hammering out the state budget as senators begin cycling through all the legislation passed by the House. Here’s what you need to know.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

From a ban on cat declawing to designating the state’s official marsupial, New Hampshire lawmakers thought outside the box when filing legislation this year.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The end-of-life options bill will remain off the table for the rest of this legislative session after a failed attempt on Thursday to bring it back for discussion.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

House lawmakers passed what’s effectively a statewide ban on sexual content in K-12 schools on Thursday, which would also create a complaint and appeals process for parents to challenge books they feel are inappropriate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Picture this: You’ve finished enjoying dinner and drinks at a restaurant, and you pour your alcoholic beverage into a to-go cup. You can bring it home or sip it as you wander around downtown.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Transgender-related legislation dominated the New Hampshire State House last week, with lawmakers advancing a handful of bills that could direct people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex, not their gender, as well as ban puberty blockers, hormone treatment and breast surgery for people under age 18.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Her case worker said Tennessee would be a new beginning. Brie Lamarche thought so, too.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The House of Representatives shot down a bill that would expand end-of-life care options on Thursday with a split that was as close as it gets – but its fate isn’t sealed yet.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Rebuking last year’s veto by former governor Chris Sununu, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would permit the separation of people based on biological sex in bathrooms and other areas.

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 MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Mary Jane Wallner knows that every dollar counts for kids in foster care. 

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.