Garry Rayno

The House also eliminated several offshore wind energy related offices from the Department of Energy in its session Thursday.

Irony may not be quite the word, but for people who were around nearly 40 years ago and remember another gubernatorial transition involving a Sununu, the current transition from his son to Gov. Kelly Ayotte had an eerily similar echo.

The state is projected to end the current biennium with an $81 million deficit and an operational deficit of $158 million for the 2025 fiscal year.

In her address she touted almost $100 million in state aid for special education, $10 million more for the community mental health centers, and a total of $1billion for services for people with developmental disabilities to maintain services with no wait list.

The state of New Hampshire may be misinforming Education Freedom Account parents about their federal tax liability for the grant money they receive.

Two bills that would “rein in” the state’s voucher, or Education Freedom Account program, through annual means testing of parents and greater transparency had public hearings Tuesday before the Senate Education Committee.

After a number of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) students urged lawmakers to offer that curriculum across the state, a lawmaker urged the committee to eliminate much of STEM from the state’s core curriculum.

Lawmakers and the general public this week will hear new Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s plan to craft the next biennial budget which is fraught with declining revenues, new obligations and more questions than answers about the federal funding the state depends on to survive.

Saved by the lottery and a disappearing levy as state revenues were on target for the first month of the second half of the 2025 fiscal year.

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to withdraw a bill that would have banned abortions after the15th week of pregnancy.