Search Results

Keyword search: State House

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

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 SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

House lawmakers hoping to enact a temporary moratorium on new landfills in New Hampshire, lowered their aim to a three-year pause in an attempt to strike the right balance to negotiate with their counterparts in the Senate and Governor Kelly Ayotte. 

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

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 SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

New Hampshire lawmakers are divided over how long to hit pause on new landfill permits.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Heather Robitaille hadn’t realized her daughter felt different from her peers when she first got glasses at age 4 – until they read a book together that featured a bear that wore glasses.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Judith Ackerson, a Franklin resident, thinks the idea of electing rather than appointing New Hampshire’s school superintendents is a “recipe for disaster.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Kelly Ayotte unveiled her policy and funding priorities this week in her draft of the state budget. Here’s what to know about her spending proposals, and other news from the State House this week.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Kelly Ayotte is bullish on business taxes to fund the next state budget.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

As the results flashed on the House of Representatives screens – solidifying a vote to kill a bill that would’ve made New Hampshire a “right-to-work” state – union members and legislators alike erupted in applause.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

While pledging to cut state spending by $150 million, Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a former prosecutor and New Hampshire attorney general, put the money where her mouth is by funding law enforcement programs to address immigration and drug trafficking.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Stacy Phillips’ has a long list.