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By RICK GREEN

N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu signed legislation Tuesday to expand the state’s school voucher program, saying the move would benefit young people. Republican-backed House Bill 367 will expand eligibility for the Education Freedom Account program to children...

By RICK GREEN

For Val Zanchuk, the decision to participate in New Hampshire’s new paid family and medical leave system came down to his feelings for the 25 people he employs at Graphicast in Jaffrey.The manufacturing firm is one of 149 companies that have signed up...

By RICK GREEN

There has been much talk about the need for bipartisanship in this year’s closely divided N.H. Legislature, but when it comes to the hourly minimum wage, a clear partisan division was front and center on Tuesday.Democratic lawmakers argued for an...

By RICK GREEN 

Appearing before a legislative committee on Wednesday, N.H. Rep. Nicholas Germana of Keene said his wife, Leslie, is a prime example of an underpaid worker in child care and early childhood education.His House Bill 566 would set up a recruitment and...

By RICK GREEN

In the 19 months since a state law went into effect restricting what public school teachers can say to students about discrimination, only one complaint to the N.H. Commission for Human Rights has met the basic legal standard for moving forward.Ahni...

By RICK GREEN

A N.H. House committee on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the full House reject a bill that would alter the state’s open primary system.The House Election Law Committee voted 19-0 against House Bill 101, likely killing the measure.The proposal...

By RICK GREEN 

Marijuana legalization, favored by many New Hampshire residents, was not on the legislative agenda state Senate Republicans rolled out in a news conference Wednesday after lawmakers began their annual session.A bipartisan bill being drafted in the...

By RICK GREEN

New Hampshire’s minimum wage would eventually increase to $15 per hour, business taxes would be cut by millions of dollars and guns could be taken from people posing an extreme risk under bills that will be considered when legislators return to the...

By RYAN SPENCER

Editor’s note: This article includes descriptions of violence, including domestic assault.Armando Barron — who is already serving a life sentence for murdering Keene resident Jonathan Amerault in 2020 — has been sentenced to at least another decade...

By MOLLY BOLAN

An investigation by the N.H. Attorney General’s Office into allegations against a former Winchester police officer found probable cause to bring a charge of witness tampering against him, according to a news release Friday afternoon. However, the...