SWEPT funding gets mixed reception in House, offered as amendment to HB1583
Plan would raise SWEPT rate and increase its share of state education aid from $363m to $773m
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With new foreclosure, state’s chosen buyer in $21.5 million Laconia land deal takes another hit
Emails show state grew frustrated as buyer’s team delayed closing
In first New Hampshire visit in two years, Biden talks cutting health care costs
President Joe Biden paid New Hampshire his first visit in nearly two years on March 11, using a brief speech at the Goffstown YMCA to promote his $7.3 trillion proposed federal budget and criticize Republicans as obstructionists.
Belknap County attorney confirmed as Superior Court judge
Andrew Livernois, Belknap County Attorney since 2017, will soon be sworn in as Superior Court judge. The Executive Council voted on March 13 to confirm Livernois’ nomination.
Dartmouth Health nurses make another attempt at unionization
As staffing shortages and extended wait times continue to hamper operations at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), nurses are attempting to unionize.
Legal Briefs: News from Around NH
Paris Hilton, the celebrity businesswoman and hotel chain heiress, is urging New Hampshire lawmakers to approve reforms to out-of-state placements for children in state custody.
Committee advances bills to restrict out-of-state trash
Two bills addressing the import of out-of-state trash are heading to the House of Representatives with a positive recommendation, offering a solution toward alleviating the strain on the state’s landfill capacity. New Hampshire receives nearly half of its trash from neighboring states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut, making it New England’s dumping ground. According to a report from the state’s environment department, in 2020, more than 900,000 tons of solid waste were dumped in three commercial landfills.
These students want to learn more about climate change. Some NH lawmakers disagree.
“The importance of climate change needs to be addressed, especially in younger generations, as we are the future of this nation,” high school junior Oishik Chakraborty he told lawmakers during a public hearing in the House Education Committee on March 5.
Fenton bill would bar adults from carrying guns on school property
State Sen. Donovan Fenton, D-Keene, urged the N.H. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to support his bill to prohibit people from carrying guns on to school property.
School funding litigation heads to Supreme Court; attorneys push for two justices' recusal
Judges' impartiality 'reasonably questioned' as litigation moves forward surrounding SWEPT allocations, adequate education funding
