New Hampshire Bulletin

As the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and delegate abortion law to states, New Hampshire lawmakers have blocked legislation that would enshrine abortion rights in state statute.

Staff at the International Institute of New England expect that most Ukrainian refugees who end up coming to New Hampshire will have family here.

The Fish and Game Commission, the Fish and Game Department, and the Yankee Fisherman’s Co-op also opposed the legislation.

But by the time the proposal arrived at the Executive Council on Wednesday for a final sign-off, the concerns over the lack of specificity had spread to both parties.

In a letter sent April 18, Sununu joined 17 other Republican governors in opposing the new administrative rules, which are on their way to final approval. Public comment for the rules closed April 14.

The state appears likely to miss the Legislature’s March 2023 deadline to close the facility in Manchester – and is behind on its plans for a smaller alternative.

Policies set today impact the climate student organizers will inherit. But youth don’t believe they have much of a say in New Hampshire’s Legislature, whose average age lands it among the country's oldest.

A bill now before the House Judiciary Committee would limit, and in some cases eliminate, the ability of government agencies to obtain and disclose to the public the names of nonprofit board members.

New Hampshire’s DOJ is set to launch a four-day “Victim Assistance Academy” in Concord next month, after the Executive Council approved the $3,500 program Wednesday.

Small private schools across the state – many of them Christian – have received the majority of the education grants in the program’s first year.