New Hampshire Business Review - Oct. 18, 2024

Superintendents speak to funding challenges facing public schools

Jessica Wheeler Russell of Penacook, who sits on the board of Merrimack County School District, spoke briefly to begin the testimony when the Rand trial opened last week. She told the court she regularly took calls or had conversations with her constituents asking what could be done to stem the ever-rising rate of the school property tax.

Rand trial tests Claremont orders

The opening of the Rand trial before Judge David Ruoff in Rockingham County Superior Court last week marked the beginning of an effort to persuade the court to reaffirm and enforce the rulings of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the Claremont cases by ordering the state to rescind and replace its unconstitutional system of financing public schools.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses Rep. Chris Pappas

Rep. Chris Pappas has received the endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the District 1 congressman announced Monday. Pappas’ Republican challenger, Russell Prescott of Kingston, recently received the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Businesses Fed PAC.