A sweeping Republican bill to override local firearms rules and make firearms regulation an exclusive power of the Legislature hit a last-minute hurdle Wednesday, after Attorney General John Formella penned a letter urging it be killed. Addressing lawmakers in both chambers, Formella said the bill, which would remove the ability for local and state governments […]
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House and Senate Republican negotiators failed to bring a sweeping open enrollment bill over the finish line Thursday, after insurmountable opposition from Gov. Kelly Ayotte and a faction of House Republicans. But they did agree on a smaller proposal that could affect public school districts. In a last-minute move ahead of a 4 p.m. deadline […]
The House Committee on Science, Technology, and Energy voted on Monday to recommend a bill that would make the depletion of New Hampshire’s Renewable Energy Fund official for the second time in a year. That’s despite some uncertainty over the constitutionality of the original move to gut the fund and other disagreements on the committee, […]
It’s a cherished State House maxim in New Hampshire: Every bill gets a public hearing, and every bill gets a vote on the House or Senate floor. But a series of scheduling woes, time constraints, and partisan machinations just upended that tradition. Facing the need to pass 344 bills over two days — and a […]
This week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives is expected to vote on at least 180 bills to meet the deadline for legislation that will not go to a second committee. The House will vote on a handful of child care-related bills, including those on the child care workforce grant program, child-to-teacher ratios, and zoning […]
Bobbi Boudman narrowly defeated Dale Fincher in a special election for New Hampshire state representative in Carroll County Tuesday, according to results from the Secretary of State’s Office. Boudman earned 2,207 votes — 51.9% — to Fincher’s 2,042. Boudman, a Democrat, will now represent a historically conservative district — encompassing Wolfeboro, Ossipee, and Tuftonboro — […]
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down a bill that would’ve reinstituted the death penalty half a decade after the state chose to do away with it. The House rejected it as part of the consent agenda, which means it did not debate the bill and voted on it alongside several other bills, after […]
The New Hampshire House of Representatives rejected a proposal Thursday to end all vaccine mandates in the state. “New Hampshire has the lowest vaccination rate for measles in New England,” Rep. Jessica LaMontagne, a Dover Democrat, said in a floor speech before the vote. “Do you want to be the legislature that ushers in the […]
New Hampshire state Rep. Harry Bean, a Gilmanton Republican, has died, his colleagues announced in messages of sympathy and mourning over the weekend. “Our caucus mourns the loss of our beloved member, Rep. Harry Bean,” the NH House Republicans wrote on the social media site X Saturday. “Rep. Bean faithfully served the people of NH. […]
Opening a home-based child care program is on the path to becoming easier for providers. The House Committee on Municipal and County Government heard testimony Tuesday for legislation that would tackle a small piece of New Hampshire’s child care availability issue. House Bill 1195 seeks to address local zoning issues affecting family child care and […]