Opinion: New Hampshire’s public media is here for you – be here for public media
The White House wants to eliminate federal support for public media. Congress will vote soon on a proposal to slash millions from NHPR and NHPBS’ budgets.
Government
NH Chief Justice announces hiring freeze, warns of layoffs across branch if budget passes
New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald is implementing a hiring freeze and warning of potential layoffs across the judicial branch, as the Legislature looks to make deep cuts to the budget.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard eyes 1,000 more workers as new Navy secretary visits
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, urged new Secretary of the Navy John Phelan to expand the branch’s fleet of submarines, ships and aircraft carriers to better compete with China.
Survivors of YDC abuse call for more state money; lawmaker wants audit
New Hampshire Senate President Sharon Carson is calling for a financial and performance audit of the settlement fund for abuse victims at the state’s youth detention center.
Tax deduction open to nonprofits going green on buildings
For 20 years, private businesses and for-profit enterprises have been able to claim a tax deduction to help lower the cost of green building infrastructure projects. But only recently have some public sector and tax-exempt organizations been granted access, too.
Landfill laws looming
As NH looks to reshape its solid waste future, all eyes are on the state Senate
Ayotte's first State of State focuses on NH's funding challenges
Kelly Ayotte took the stage at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Wednesday, April 16, for the first time since her gubernatorial debate last fall, now as governor and following the NH House’s revisions to her proposal for the state’s next two-year budget.
Former New Hampshire regulator tapped to lead New England’s EPA office
A former top official with New Hampshire’s environmental services agency has been appointed to run the Environmental Protection Agency’s New England office.
Advocates gather at City Hall urging Manchester residents to push for inclusion of housing-friendly additions to proposed zoning rewrite
Organized by Manchester Neighbors Welcome, speakers expressed the need for Manchester residents to share their views with the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Steering Committee to focus on mixed-use neighborhoods
Poll: Most Granite Staters support bills to override zoning policies, encourage housing
The poll found that 55% of respondents considered New Hampshire’s housing shortage and high prices to be the number one issue facing Granite Staters
