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The House voted down an attempt to give legalizing marijuana a “polite death,” but refused to then approve it before deciding to put off any action during its session at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Manchester Wednesday.
The largest number of students come from Manchester School District with 166, Nashua is second with 64, Rochester and Laconia 52 each, Concord 46, Keene 36 and Berlin 32.
Fewer students took the statewide assessment tests this spring and those who did on average performed below earlier levels for math and English, but were near historical levels for science.
Democrats presented plans to give more communities their own representatives as required by a recent amendment to the state constitution and emphasized connecting communities of interests. And they said the Republicans’ plan short-changes the state’s largest city, Manchester, which should have 33 or 34 representatives, but would have only 32 under the GOP proposal.
Gov. Chris Sununu signed 30 bills into law Tuesday from the recently concluded 2021 legislative session ranging from environmental changes to making church essential services during a state of emergency.
House and Senate budget writers reached a compromise to allow current family planning contracts to continue while ensuring state money is not spent on abortion services.
CONCORD, NH — Senate budget writers began work on the state’s largest department Friday as Health and Human Services outlined budget
The state Department of Transportation obtained a one-time infusion of $41 million in federal pandemic money to fund its operations.
Life is not a spectator sport, and civic involvement should not be either.
Under the House-passed, $18.67 billion two-year operating budget, 20 liquor law enforcement positions are eliminated in the second year of the biennium with budget writers citing a Legislative Budget Assistant’s audit of the agency in making the decision.