Land in Current Use
As candidates have canvassed New Hampshire to gear up for today’s elections, at least half of the private property they’ve criss-crossed is considered to be in “current use.” The current use property...
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Busy Week Ahead at State House
New lawmakers start their orientation tomorrow, Gov. Lynch and the lame-duck Executive Council meet Wednesday, the next House Speaker will be chosen by Republican House members on Thursday and Lynch’s...
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Getting Organized for the New Year
Shortly after the House and Senate go into session Wednesday morning, five House Committees will begin their work in the afternoon. At least, they’ll start getting organized for the work ahead. From...
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Proposals to allow New Hampshire farmers to grow hemp and to establish a pharmaceutical buyback program are among the more the 30 bills that were scheduled for votes today, before the latest snowstorm...
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NHPTV and Rooms & Meals Go to Vote
In what is shaping up to be the busiest period yet for lawmakers this session, the House will meet twice next week to vote on dozens of bills — on Tuesday after Gov. John Lynch’s budget address to the...
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Previewing Lynch’s Budget Address
When Democratic Gov. John Lynch delivers his state budget address tomorrow, it will be a dramatic change from his last budget speech in February 2009. Democratic majorities in both the N.H. House and...
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House Passes Tax Cuts, Doesn’t Pass Them On
When is a tax cut bill that passes the House not really a tax cut bill that passed the House? New Hampshire saw the question asked and answered Wednesday when two tax cut proposals were approved by the...
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250 Bills in Three Days
In three days next week, N.H. House members will decide the fate of more than 250 bills and amendments. To prepare for the flurry of activity, today we begin a series of dispatches looking at some of...
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Tax Cut Vertigo
A temporary five-cent gas tax cut passed the House yesterday. Is it political posturing or an altruistic measure for cash-strapped New Hampshire consumers? 3 sides of the nickel Gov. John Lynch...
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The Local Slaughter
Should New Hampshire resurrect the in-state meat and poultry inspection service it abandoned more than three decades ago? This Rollinsford cow from Brookford Farm is headed for milking, not slaughter....
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