CONCORD — New Hampshire Superior Court Associate Justice Anne Edwards has been named co-chair of the New Hampshire Access to Justice Commissio…
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Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald resigned from his position on the New Hampshire Supreme Court Tuesday, the governor’s office announced, amid allegations of judicial misconduct and an unexplained medical leave. In October, New Hampshire Public Radio reported that Dianne Martin, a MacDonald ally, had received nearly $50,000 by completing an unusual personnel maneuver. Martin had been […]
Republican lawmakers hope a new statewide ballot question will give voters a say this November in whether to impose a cap over their local school district property taxes. But two challengers argue it will give voters something else: a grammar test. In a lawsuit filed Monday seeking to stop the tax-cap ballot question, two plaintiffs, […]
In 1996, a school district in Milford, New York, barred a Christian children’s organization from using its facilities after school. The school contended that the club’s plans to pray, teach the Bible, and study scripture violated its prohibitions on religious worship. But the U.S. Supreme Court disagreed. Because the school allowed other groups to use […]
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office entered new territory last Friday in its defense of the state’s school funding formula, arguing that two landmark school funding decisions were wrongly decided and should be overturned. In August 2025, Judge David Ruoff of Rockingham County Superior Court ruled in favor of a group of taxpayers in the […]
Gov. Kelly Ayotte has again vetoed legislation to keep transgender people out of bathrooms, sports teams, and prisons that align with their gender identity. The veto came as part of the final tranche of bills sent to the governor from this year’s legislative session. And it was one of three bills Ayotte blocked Wednesday. There […]
Two New Hampshire transgender students are dropping their lawsuit against a state law barring them from girls’ sports teams, a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar law in West Virginia. Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle will no longer continue their effort to overturn House Bill 1205, according to a motion filed in […]
CONWAY — While their zoning measure is challenged in both federal court and the New Hampshire Supreme Court, Kearsarge Lighting Precinct commi…
CONWAY — The case of a Massachusetts couple who own a short-term rental in the Kearsarge Lighting Precinct went before the New Hampshire Supre…