Fiscal Committee

Portion Of N.H. DOJ Funding Request Denied, Setting Off Partisan Fight

By • Jan 10, 2020
Allegra Boverman for NHPR

Democrats on the state’s Fiscal Committee rejected a portion of a Department of Justice funding request, saying they didn’t want additional state money going toward lawsuits defending bills they opposed.

The Attorney General requested an additional $1.2 million in funding pay for ongoing litigation, including prosecuting criminal cases and defending two controversial election-related bills passed in previous sessions by Republicans. 

N.H. Lawmakers Butt Heads with A.G. Over Federal Grant to Relieve Autopsy Backlog

By • Jan 13, 2017
NHPR/Hannah McCarthy

Lawmakers have decided that, for the time being, New Hampshire will only be accepting a portion of a federal grant intended to help the state Medical Examiner work through a backlog of opioid-related autopsies. 

Attorney General Joseph Foster met with resistance during Friday’s fiscal committee meeting in Concord when he requested that the state accept approximately $285,000 in federal grant money to aid the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

N.H. Lawmakers Delay Launch of Hassan's 'Gateway to Work' Program (Again)

By Paige Sutherland • Oct 14, 2016
Allegra Boverman for NHPR

New Hampshire lawmakers Friday declined to move forward with a workforce development program championed by Gov. Maggie Hassan. The initiative, which was scheduled to start last month, would use unspent federal money to provide job training for welfare recipients.

Lawmakers Approve Premium Increases for State Retirees Under Age 65

By • Nov 3, 2015
Casey McDermott, NHPR

Retired state workers under age 65 will have to pay 5 percent more in monthly premiums beginning in January, under changes approved by lawmakers Tuesday morning.

Lawmakers Approve Extra Charter School Funding

By & Brady Carlson • Nov 8, 2012

For the past few months a number of proposed charter schools in New Hampshire have been in a sort of limbo, unable to formally apply to the state because of funding concerns in the Board of Education. Today the legislative fiscal committee took a step that might move the issue forward.

Brady Carlson: So Sam, for folks who haven’t been paying attention, bring us up to speed on the charter school situation.