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Oct
10

Drug pricing board to face second repeal effort in Legislature

The board is charged with setting spending targets for generic and brand-name drugs and identifying strategies to reduce prescription costs.
4 min read
Oct
10

Ready for general election debates? They begin this week.

While visiting NH, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan warned that current Republican nominees have an electability problem in many states.
13 min read
Oct
07

Taxpayers ask court to block statewide education property tax

They argue that a legislative change to eliminate so-called 'donor' towns effectively created a system that mirrored proposals from the 1990s that were struck down.
7 min read
Oct
06

Will NH follow Biden on marijuana pardons? What Sununu, Sherman say

Gov. Chris Sununu has recently reiterated his opposition to marijuana legalization.
3 min read
Oct
06

GOP executive councilors hold up funding for after-school sex ed they approved in prior years

The program is separate from sexual health education courses taught in public schools.
8 min read
Oct
06

Partisan gerrymandering? That's a political question, NH judge rules

If the people had intended to impose additional requirements for the redistricting process, they would have said so in the NH constitution, the judge wrote.
8 min read
Oct
05

Bill McKibben on 'radical libertarianism' in NH and the climate crisis

'The planet is breaking down before our eyes,' he said.
5 min read
Oct
04

Looking into attendance records for NH lawmakers? Details matter.

Attendance dropped for Democrats and rose for Republicans during the COVID-19 pandemic, as Republicans pushed for a return to in-person sessions.
5 min read
Oct
04

Sununu deploys NH National Guard to Mexico border

The troops from more than a dozen states were requested by the U.S. Department of Defense to assist Border Patrol.
2 min read
Sep
29

‘All call’ issued to keep Sununu Youth Services Center staffed

The facility's pending closure and uncertain future has led some staff to resign for jobs with more certainty.
7 min read