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Lawmakers, education advocates, and state officials are entering the third month of a high-profile battle over whether to accept a large federal grant to…
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New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner has long projected confidence about the security of the state’s elections. In the fall of 2016, as national…
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Lawmakers are considering a bill that would tighten the rules for how candidates in New Hampshire spend their campaign funds.An investigation by NHPR last…
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People who register to vote in New Hampshire and plan to drive here will have to obtain an in-state drivers license within 60 days of registering, if not…
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The State House ethics rules could be updated soon with stricter guidance about when lawmakers need to sit out of votes because of outside conflicts of…
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The implications of New Hampshire’s new residency law for voting and vehicle licensing are still not fully clear, several months after it went into effect…
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A lawsuit over a controversial new residency law is back in court Thursday morning, this time to decide whether the state could be blocked from enforcing…
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A State House ethics panel says a top House Democrat violated ethics guidelines by testifying and voting on several pieces of legislation that directly…
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New Hampshire lags behind many other states when it comes to making information about lawmakers' financial interests accessible to the public. But its…
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The Legislative Ethics Committee is still weighing how to proceed on a complaint involving one of the top-ranking Democrats at the New Hampshire State…