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The decisions made by state budget writers this spring will have deep and lasting effects. Below is an archive of our coverage, plus an interactive graphic that lets you decide where to cut.

State lays off mental health workers

By Karen Langley / Concord Monitor staff

The state is laying off 21 mental health workers as it prepares for a private company to take over a housing program in January. New Hampshire Hospital CEO Robert MacLeod said on Jan. 1 NFI will take over a program that helps people with severe mental illness transition to living outside the hospital. The hospital initially anticipated laying off 38 people, he said, but was able to reduce the number by moving workers to vacant positions throughout the Department of Health and Human Services. The hospital has reduced the number of people living in its transitional… 1

November 15, 2011

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Gov. John Lynch's budget would cut nearly $90 million. House budget writers reduced state spending by $540 million. The Senate's plan will likely land somewhere in between. What would you do? Check the boxes next to the programs you'd cut and watch as the numbers add up.

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Lynch orders freeze on wages

Gov. John Lynch yesterday ordered a wage freeze through next August for all state workers not represented by a union. The state budget that began in July requires… 0

September 27, 2011

State responds to hospitals' lawsuit

The state has responded to a lawsuit filed by 10 New Hampshire hospitals that contests a sharp reduction in Medicaid reimbursements. Ten of the state's 13 biggest… 0

September 27, 2011

Community College System gets grant

The Community College System of New Hampshire has been awarded a $20 million competitive federal grant - the largest in the system's history - to develop training… 0

September 27, 2011

UNH to study parks in Africa

The University of New Hampshire has won a federal grant to study the impact of population growth and climate change around seven national parks in Africa. Assistant… 3

September 27, 2011

Cost-cutting contract for SEA passes

The union representing most state workers has approved a two-year contract that will cut costs by freezing wage increases and raising payments for doctor visits… 44

August 31, 2011

Union leaders recommend contract

A leadership group of the union representing most state workers recommended last night that members accept a tentative contract negotiated with the governor. The… 0

August 9, 2011

Concord

Hospital can afford cuts

Concord Hospital declined to join a lawsuit challenging the state budget because it can afford to continue caring for Medicaid patients without reimbursements by… 0

July 30, 2011

N.H., unions reach deal to cut costs

The state has reached tentative labor agreements that would help avoid layoffs of hundreds of state workers, Gov. John Lynch announced yesterday. The new state budget… 6

July 30, 2011

O'Brien: Debt crisis will trickle down

House Speaker William O'Brien said yesterday that New Hampshire lawmakers will have to raise taxes or further pare government if… 21

July 29, 2011

Governor requests layoff plans

The governor's office asked agency heads yesterday to plan for layoffs in case the state and employee unions cannot agree on $50 million in wage and benefit cuts… 15

July 16, 2011

For HHS, massive change

When it came to setting a budget for the state's largest department last month, all eyes were on a $50 million difference between the House and Senate spending plans.… 9

July 10, 2011

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What's at stake »

The following stories explore the potential consequences of budget cuts proposed by Gov. John Lynch and state lawmakers.

Substance abuse programs at risk

From the bench in Franklin District Court, Judge Ned Gordon has a bird's-eye view of the havoc wreaked by drug and alcohol abuse… 6

May 22, 2011

Probate courts change

What's at stake: The state's 10 registers of probate. Each county has a probate court managed by a register elected to a two-year term. The judicial branch… 0

May 8, 2011

Registers, probate courts transformed

Registers, probate courts transformed

As the register of probate in Carroll County, Gail Monet helps people facing hard and sudden choices navigate the necessary legal avenues, whether that be opening… 0

May 8, 2011

Probate courts change

Program for troubled kids at risk

They aren't delinquents, locked up in juvenile detention. But their behavior, whether it be repeatedly skipping school or running away from home, suggests bigger… 13

May 1, 2011

More about CHINS

What's at stake

Healthy Kids would drop 835

About 835 New Hampshire children are set to be dropped from a program that significantly reduces their health insurance costs if the current 2012-2013 budget proposal… 34

April 26, 2011

By the numbers

What's at stake

University system waits for bad news

University of New Hampshire student Robert Waddell summed his opinion of state budget cuts into three words: "It's gonna suck."… 3

April 24, 2011

What's at stake

Innovation research lost in the House

Henry Huntington knows the power of flowers. So when his family's business, Loudon-based Pleasant View Gardens, wanted to help breed new varieties about a decade… 7

April 20, 2011

Facts about the New Hampshire Innovation Research Center

Facts about the New Hampshire Innovation Research Center

Located at the University of New Hampshire in DurhamAwarded research grants to 131 companies since it was created in 1991More than $5.1 million in state money awarded,… 0

April 20, 2011

Innovation research lost in the House

What's at stake

Mental health centers on notice

Mary Hanchett, now 35, was diagnosed at age 14 with depression and anxiety disorder. She also has schizoaffective disorder, which causes… 19

April 10, 2011

What's at stake

Victims 'will have no place to go'

If the state's consumer protection bureau closes, where will people turn when they've been bilked by a business and who will work to recover money on their… 24

April 8, 2011