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Will Budget Compromise Skirt Sununu Veto?
The House and Senate budget writers Thursday signed off on a $13 billion two-year operating budget that eliminated most of Gov. Chris Sununu’s objections, but not all. READ MORE
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Sununu vetoes compromise budget
iting the familiar red flags of tax increases and a structural deficit, Gov. Chris Sununu as expected vetoed the two-year operating budget Friday the House and Senate passed the day before. READ MORE
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Marianne Williamson’s Vibe: Gracious, kind, intelligent – did I mention kind?
Williamson wore killer heels and spoke on the porch of a home so lovely I gasped while walking up the driveway. Sitting on the banks of the Piscataqua River, a breeze blew and the crowd listening to...
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Council rejects MacDonald as NH Supreme Court Chief Justice by 3-2 vote
Sununu called the vote the end to bipartisan politics in New Hampshire and the way New Hampshire has done things in the past adding it was time for a break from nominations and confirmations for...
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Dems to meet with Sununu: Will there be a budget deal?
Democratic leaders will meet with Gov. Chris Sununu Friday to try to reach agreement on a state budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, D-Manchester, confirmed Thursday. READ MORE
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Advocates demand Sununu sign three gun-limiting bills
“So far, New Hampshire has been spared in this onslaught of gun violence and mass shootings – we’re one of just four states without a mass shooting since Sandy Hook. But I for one am not comfortable...
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GOP holds power while NH leaning Democratic – how do they do that?
Without fanfare, Republicans have passed laws they say make elections more secure, but democrats call it voter suppression. READ MORE
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Council OKs $80M in emergency funds due to budget veto impasse
The emergency funding requests seek money beyond the one-quarter of last fiscal year’s spending authorized under the continuing resolution approved by lawmakers and Gov. Chris Sununu due to his veto of...
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Council asked to confirm 2 new Assistant AG posts In County Attorney dispute
One of the lawyers that Deputy Attorney General Jane Young says will help straighten out the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office, David Rotman, prosecuted the parents in an infant drug overdose death...
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Prescott asks Dem Councilors to reconsider AG MacDonald as Chief Justice
Republican Executive Councilor Russell Prescott hasn’t given up on getting Attorney General Gordon MacDonald approved as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court three months after his three...
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With a special hug and hundreds of friends, Mayor Pete files for the NH Primary
The marble halls were lined with supporters shouting “Pete! Pete!” as he made his way to the Secretary of State’s office where the national press waited to record the filing. READ MORE
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Lawmakers take another look at banning plastic bags
A 10-cent charge for single-use plastic bags could be coming to a store near you as legislators debated an amendment to a bill Tuesday that would create a uniform state bag law. READ MORE
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Merrimack Tolls expected to be eliminated by Jan. 1
It looks like the Merrimack tolls will be eliminated starting Jan. 1 after a vote Wednesday by members of the Executive Council in their role as the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Intermodal...
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Hinch blasts Speaker for removing Rep. Burt from Criminal Justice Committee
The Goffstown Republican and gun rights advocate is now removed from the powerful committee that will hear as many as nine bills dealing with guns this coming session. READ MORE
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Fiscal Committee tables $46M Charter School Grant prompting Sununu outrage
NH Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut said the grant would give both public charter and traditional district schools a chance to try new ways to reach students most at risk. READ MORE
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Court weighs historic changes in Right-To-Know law interpretation
The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three separate cases Wednesday that could fundamentally change how much information the public is entitled to know about the actions of their public...
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Regional Clean Transportation Plan released; Sununu says NH won’t participate
Governor Chris Sununu announced that New Hampshire will not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). Under this scheme, said Sununu, New Hampshire drivers would be forced to...
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NH Child Advocate: 20K incidents of child restraint or seclusion in...
The Office of Child Advocate released a report Thursday saying there were more than 20,000 incidents of children being restrained or secluded in the state’s residential facilities during a recent...
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Soucy introduces 8th bill to raise NH’s minimum wage
SB 410, which was heard by Senate Commerce on Tuesday, raises the minimum wage to $10 per hour in 2021 and $12 per hour in 2023 – similar to the provisions of SB 10, which was vetoed by Republican Gov....
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‘This amendment would eliminate government’s ability to regulate abortion and...
Opponents said the rights of a pregnant woman do not override the rights of an unborn child, and maintained the amendment would create abortion on demand and prohibit any regulation of providers or...
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