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Car inspections are about to be eliminated in New Hampshire. What to know
Seacoastonline - New Hampshire
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After weeks of negotiations, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Republican State House leaders reached a deal on the budget on June 26, the final day of the legislative session. It includes a provision repealing NH law requiring yearly vehicle inspections....
Higher Education Faces Its Greatest Challenges in Decades
Governing
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July 2, 2025
Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Summer 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. For Benjamin Wade, it was a sad homecoming. A couple of years ago, he graduated from Fontbonne University, a small Catholic school in St. Louis. With...
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Mr. T, a Manchester Icon at Central High School
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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June 27, 2025
InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column. The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some...
New Hampshire lawmakers to vote on whether to give parents access to their child’s library history
New Hampshire Bulletin
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June 24, 2025
Library records in New Hampshire are currently confidential under state law, but a bill being considered by the state Legislature could carve out an exception for parents. House Bill 273, if passed, would mandate public libraries make kids’...
FY 2026-2027 New Hampshire State Budget Barely Squeaks Through
Patch
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June 26, 2025
It passed on the Senate side down partisan lines 16-8 and in the House on a 185-180 vote after it failed on the first try, 182-183. Posted Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 7:32 pm ET CONCORD, NH — By one vote, the state has a new but leaner budget for the...
Court sides with school districts in fight over state funding
The Center Square
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July 1, 2025
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire is "woefully" underfunding its public schools, the state's highest court ruled on Tuesday, calling on the Ayotte administration and lawmakers to fix the "unconstitutional" discrepancies in school aid. The ruling...
The Fight for Fair Funding in New Hampshire
The Progressive Magazine
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June 26, 2025
The junior-senior high school I attended in New Hampshire in the early 2000s was originally built in the 1920s. It had windows that were covered over to save on heating, rumors of asbestos, and a deep well of community pride. To me, it exemplified...
Reaction Mixed on ConVal Education Ruling
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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July 1, 2025
By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — Some believe the state Supreme Court got it right once again on education funding and taxes in its ConVal decision, but others say it fails to give lawmakers and the governor their due for education policy...
NH Supreme Court Sides with School Districts on Adequate Funding
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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July 1, 2025
By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org CONCORD —- In a 3-2 decision, the state Supreme Court has again found the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide its students with an adequate education and to pay for it as it did in the...
NH Supreme Court upholds earlier ruling on education spending
WMUR 9 - New Hampshire
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July 1, 2025
NH Supreme Court upholds earlier ruling on education spending GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THE LEGISLATURE TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT, DELIVERING A WIN FOR ADVOCATES OF MORE STATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS, WITH A32 RULING...
Washington has 2 of the 'most educated' cities in the US, report finds
Kitsap Sun - Washington State
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A new report finds that Seattle is one of the smartest cities in the United States. WalletHub ranked the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area as the ninth-most educated region in the nation, according to its "Most and Least Educated Cities in...
State Supreme Court calls current education funding formula unconstitutionally low
106.9/103.1 The Outlaw - New Hampshire
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CONCORD, N.H- The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a Superior Court decision which says the state must increase funding to public schools. On Tuesday the high court issued a 3-2 ruling in which it agreed with a lower court that the state’s...
NH Supreme Court: State falls far short on school funding
Seacoastonline - New Hampshire
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CONCORD − The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state is underfunding public education but said the Legislature has the sole authority and responsibility to correct that and did not order any specific increase in spending on...
T-Mobile to help small-town high school football programs through Friday Night 5G Lights
On3
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July 1, 2025
Since April 2021, T-Mobile has assisted small-town high school football teams through their Friday Night 5G Lights program. To date, they have connected rural communities with 5G Internet and invested over $16 million nationwide. This year, they...
NH's Shark in the Park 2025 Features: The Foo Family B
102.1 & 105.3 The Shark - New Hampshire
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July 6, 2025
Our Summer Concert Series this week begins! Playing Shark in the Park 2025: Massachusetts "Foo Family Band." Shark in the Park 2025 is a free community concert series on Wednesday nights throughout the months of July and beginning of August at...
Arrest warrant issued for school teacher charged with child seduction
Indianapolis Star - Indiana
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a former kindergarten teacher at a private Christian school in northern Indianapolis, after she was charged with child seduction of a teenage student. Torrie Lemon, 23, was charged by the Hamilton County...
New Hampshire prepares to aid vulnerable groups during summer’s first heat wave
New Hampshire Public Radio
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June 24, 2025
This Monday and Tuesday marks New Hampshire’s first heat wave of the season, with heat indexes reaching over 100 degrees. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has placed most of the state under a major heat risk alert, meaning...
New Hampshire Receives Federal Allocations, With Some Funds Exceeding Last Year’s
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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June 23, 2025
Education grants distributed to local schools CONCORD, NH (June 23, 2025) — The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded formula grants to the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) to support disadvantaged students, students with...
Lifestyle Worcester Telegram & Gazette Woo! Science: The Worcester area holds clues to the Earth's distant past
Yahoo News
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Woo! Science is a column of science news and newsmakers in Worcester and the region. Got a science news idea? Email Margaret Smith at msmith@wickedlocal.com. So, dig. Literally. Maybe. As we go about our day, on the streets and roads of Worcester,...
Vermont All-Stars seek bragging rights vs. New Hampshire
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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BURLINGTON — The Make-A-Wish All Star Hockey Classic will be celebrating its 33rd year for the men’s game and 28th year for the women’s contest when the teams meet on Saturday at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Field House. The event...