Rick Green, Keene Sentinel

State Rep. Katelyn Kuttab, R-Windham, is proposing a bill to be considered by the New Hampshire Legislature next year that would allow companies to deduct from their business taxes half of expenses they incur by creating new child care slots.

The legislation is one of several Democratic proposals aimed at bringing greater public accountability to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program, under which ICE partners with state and local law enforcement in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Safety Commissioner Robert L. Quinn reported on the latest arrests in the Northern Border Alliance program focusing on the U.S. border with Canada.

What to do with the Anna Hunt Marsh Bridge and the Charles Dana Bridge has become a matter of contention between the two towns.

Currently, tenants in most apartments in New Hampshire can’t legally be evicted, even at the end of their lease, without a good cause such as failure to pay rent, damaging the property, endangering others or not meeting rental terms. That will change under the new NH state law.

Keene City Manager Elizabeth Ferland said Monday city employees are training to use a state notification system to directly provide key information to residents in times of emergencies via recorded messages to phones and electronic messaging.

Backers of the legislation — "relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools" — said it would protect children from inappropriate material. Opponents contended it is tantamount to state-sanctioned book banning in New Hampshire.

Legalization bills have passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives several times in previous years only to die in the Senate. Last year, a legalization bill passed the Senate but didn’t clear the House.

The New Hampshire Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says legislation that has passed the state House and is pending in the Senate would cripple animal cruelty investigations in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed the bill March 26 by a vote of 208 to 125. The full Senate will consider the bill later this spring.