NH Politics

A statutory change being pushed by State House Republicans, if upheld by state courts, would introduce a new interpretation of the state’s school funding obligations laid out in the Claremont Supreme Court decisions of the 1990s.

We asked our readers what they think about a proposal for a security task force for the New Hampshire presidential primary. Here’s what some of you told us.

The plan's backers say sharing public safety guidance would protect state political traditions at a time of rising political violence. But a top law enforcement official says the bill could do more harm than good.

The Republican-backed bill sought to create exceptions to the state’s antidiscrimination law, which protects people from discrimination on the basis of “gender identity” and other characteristics. Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a nearly identical bill last year.

In Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s address Thursday, she pushed for continued housing development and childcare affordability, while proposing an expansion of nuclear power in the state.

GOP leaders are considering bills to make the state's current law harder to enforce, or effectively toothless.

Will, who also served as the state's first solicitor general, needs to be confirmed by the five-member Executive Council to take a seat on the Supreme Court.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Tuesday that she would nominate Christopher Ellms Jr., the current deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Energy, for the role of chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, a court-like entity that regulates utilities in the state.

The bill in the New Hampshire House would require an annual registration fee for bikes and e-bikes that use public roads and paths.

Scott Maltzie assumes the chairmanship after a clash over Paul Callaghan's election by the state Republican Executive Committee.