Ethan DeWitt - New Hampshire Bulletin

Milford officials say their new policy is based in part on a template from the New Hampshire School Boards Association.

A state survey conducted in January found that the total number of homeless people increased by 7.6% from the year before.

The department released the expanded guidance on Sept. 1, explaining to law enforcement agencies what the new law does — and does not — prevent.

New Hampshire House Speaker Sherman Packard, a Republican from Londonderry, said he would not be asking House Majority Leader Jason Osborne to resign after a 2011 post surfaced showing Osborne using a racial slur, arguing that Osborne had sufficiently apologized and should not be punished for the past.

Majority Leader Jason Osborne repeatedly used a racist term for Black people on a libertarian web forum in 2011.

Starting Aug. 23, towns and cities must start adhering to a package of new zoning and planning laws passed by the Legislature this year.

Because the survey captured children and families between 2016 and 2020, the data doesn’t account for all increases in mental health challenges for children since the outbreak of COVID-19.

With two months left to spend the money, officials say the rental relief program – which compensates landlords for back rent to prevent existing tenants from eviction – is a surer bet to get it out the door.

A new state law forbids state enforcement of federal firearms laws. Some local sheriffs say they need guidance on how to implement it.