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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hours after approving the defining hallmark of Frank Edelblut’s tenure as commissioner of the state Department of Education — universal access to Education Freedom Accounts — Gov. Kelly Ayotte nominated his successor.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law a sweeping expansion to New Hampshire’s school voucher program on Tuesday, removing the income eligibility restrictions that had defined the program during its first four years.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire lawmakers don’t often align, but banning student cellphone use in schools became one of those rare occasions.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

After weeks of crunching numbers and weighing priorities, almost no one in the New Hampshire Senate was 100% happy with the state budget.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Making good on their campaign promises, New Hampshire Republicans sent a bill to the governor that would allow towns to adopt local spending caps at their next town meeting.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The vast majority of state funding to the state’s University System is used to lower tuition for in-state students, which is as high as $15,520 this year at the UNH Durham campus.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Patrons out for a drink who’d like to refill their glasses without waiting for the server might have their wish come true.

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

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 CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

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

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

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 increasing funding for law enforcement throughout the state budget.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Considering speeding in New Hampshire? Think again.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When the legislative committee opened the public hearing for a bill that’d legalize cannabis in New Hampshire, no one stepped up to the microphone.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When Leah Wolczko began collecting her students’ cell phones during class, she became an “urban legend.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hopkinton Rep. David Luneau wants to nearly double New Hampshire’s contribution to public education.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Nine Republican state representatives recently filed a bill that would make abortion illegal after 15 weeks. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies and fetal abnormalities that are “incompatible with life.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Newly inaugurated Gov. Kelly Ayotte ran on a promise to stifle New Hampshire’s fentanyl and opioid crises by raising the mandatory minimum sentences. She may just get her wish.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut says he is now working with lawmakers to cover nearly $16 million unanticipated special education costs. Two months ago, Edelblut told school leaders they would be shouldering that expense.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hundreds of students were rejected from receiving Education Freedom Accounts in 2024 because their families earned more than the program’s income limits.If Republicans have their way in the State House this session, any family, regardless of how much...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahead of the revenue problem by asking state agencies to reduce their budgets requests.Still, this year’s proposals totaled nearly $17 billion —...