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By ETHAN DeWITT

The optics were extraordinary — spaced out seats, remote control buttons, legislative face shields and socially distant sandwiches for lunch.The legislating? Somewhat less than that.Over four hours on Thursday, the New Hampshire House of...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — Lawmakers are contemplating whether to create new rights against rental and housing discrimination for New Hampshire pet owners. But landlords have raised objections.A bill by Rep. Ellen Read, D-Newmarket, would make it illegal for landlords...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed two bills to regulate single-use plastics Thursday, furthering an effort by Democrats to crack down on waste from plastic bags and straws.Members of the House voted largely along party lines to impose a...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — Democrats voted to reject the first installment of a $46 million, five-year federal grant to expand New Hampshire charter schools Friday, arguing the growth would strain the state’s educational system.In a 7-3, party-line vote, the state’s...

By ETHAN DeWITT

The snowmakers are on full blast, and resorts are in an arms race to kickstart opening weekend. But as New Hampshire’s ski season gets underway, two words are dominating some Republicans’ minds in Concord.Ski tax.A proposed bill by Democrats would...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — New Hampshire Democrats voted to put on hold a $46 million federal grant to bolster the state’s charter schools Friday, citing concerns it would drain funding from traditional public schools and arguing they needed more information to move...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — Policymakers and advocates have struggled for decades to encourage consumers to reduce their use of throw-away plastic.But Rep. Tim Josephson says he’s seen the best approach firsthand.Josephson, a general manager at Lucky’s Coffee Garage in...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — A New Hampshire House committee hearing on a firearms-related bill took a bitter turn Wednesday after activists in the crowd appeared with signs comparing New Hampshire Democrats to Nazis.HB 687 would establish an extreme risk protection...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Rochester, N.H., police arrested 36-year-old Jonathan Candilieri on Sept. 27 for the fifth time since May after he repeatedly failed to appear in court for felony crimes. A judge again ordered him released on personal recognizance bail.A few days...

By ETHAN DeWITT

As temperatures drop, state lawmakers are considering changing the laws around one unfortunate approach to a heavy night out: sleeping in a car.A law passed by the Senate would carve out exceptions to New Hampshire’s driving while intoxicated laws to...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — After months of talks, the race to get a budget deal for New Hampshire is entering the final stretch.Top lawmakers in the House and Senate met with Gov. Chris Sununu twice last week — on Wednesday and Thursday — and they plan to meet again...

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — It’s official: Goffstown Rep. John Burt is taking his House firearms ban challenge to the state Supreme Court. The Republican lawmaker has been suing Democratic Speaker of the House Steve Shurtleff over a rule passed by the Legislature back...

By CAITLIN ANDREWS and ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — For people like Diane Roberts, the apparent death of the Medicaid expansion work requirement was a relief.The 63-year-old Concord native has paid her bills for decades hauling trash. For years, she and her husband, James, woke up as early as...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Two of New Hampshire’s Supreme Court judges have reluctantly announced their retirements since summer 2017 in advance of reaching the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age of 70.This August, a third judge, Chief Justice Robert Lynn, will step down...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

The Executive Council’s vote Wednesday not to confirm Attorney General Gordon MacDonald as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court not only unleashed a political firestorm but sent shock waves through the judicial community.The 3-2 vote along...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Gov. Chris Sununu is poised to sign a Democratic bill that would protect certain portions of the Affordable Care Act by codifying them into state law, his office said.On Tuesday, Democratic legislative leaders in Concord sent a bill to Sununu that...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

The Rev. Jason Wells’s hands were shaking from the cold Friday morning as he tried repeatedly pushing down on his lighter’s igniter to make a flame.His candle wouldn’t light. The Pembroke, N.H., pastor tried turning away from the Statehouse to shield...

By MICHAEL CASEY

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House approved several bills Tuesday aimed at tightening the rules on gun purchases in the state, a dramatic shift in a state known to have some of the least restrictive laws in the country.Supporters in the...

By ETHAN DeWITT

New Hampshire lawmakers hit the brakes on a proposed “red flag” law Wednesday after a committee voted to keep the bill another year and continue working on it.In a unanimous decision, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted to...

By ETHAN DeWITT

It was a debacle destined for the national stage.A group of school children went to the New Hampshire State House, awaiting a vote on a bill they helped draft. But the legislation, which would have designated the red-tailed hawk as the state raptor,...