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By KELLY BURCH

After an hour-long public conversation with the commissioner of the N.H.  Department of Education, school board members in Manchester – the state’s largest school district –  remained frustrated by a lack of clear answers and unconvinced that proposed...

By SUSAN GEIER

More New Hampshire families that don’t qualify as low-income are receiving publicly funded school vouchers to pay for private, religious and homeschooling expenses through the state’s Education Freedom Account program.The information, based on data...

By SUSAN GEIER

Sometime next spring, the public will get to see a performance audit of the N.H. Department of Education’s oversight of the Education Freedom Account program, which gives millions of tax dollars to eligible families to spend on private, parochial and...

By SARAH DONOVAN

New Hampshire legislators and public education advocates say they’re increasingly concerned that financial information about the state’s Education Freedom Account program is being hidden from public view.Since its inception in 2021, the...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

Work release programs have been phased out at New Hampshire's county jails, the result of a shift in the criminal justice system that has reduced the number of eligible prisoners.As incarceration rates for lower-level offenses have dwindled, jails...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

The Laconia Daily Sun is continuing to press its right-to-know case against the Laconia School Board, contending the state right-to-know ombudsman’s office wrongly ruled in favor of the school board, and pushing for reconsideration of the ruling.The...

By MARK QUIRK

On Feb. 1, early in the 2024 legislative session, the N.H. House of Representatives rejected House Bill 1520 by a slim 193-184 vote. The bill was aimed at reviving the state’s long-dormant Wheels to Work initiative.The program had been sustained for...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

The N.H. Department of Education’s proposed update of minimum standards for public education is drawing significant backlash from the public, at least according to the overwhelming opposition contained in over 200 written comments sent to the...

By KELLY BURCH

Earlier this year at Franklin High School, a group of cheerleaders got together to present their physics project. But there was no PowerPoint or test papers. Instead, the girls used cheerleading and stunting to demonstrate principles of the...

By KELLY BURCH

As decades of litigation centered on funding an adequate education for Granite State children linger on, New Hampshire lawmakers still have not addressed a potential solution outlined by a bipartisan commission they established over three years...

By KELLY BURCH

The N.H. Department of Education’s proposed revisions in New Hampshire’s minimum standards for public schools may violate the state constitution. That’s according to written feedback on the standards, known as the 306s, provided by the Office of...

By MICHAEL McCORD

Joan Cudworth had a burst of show-and-tell inspiration in the summer of 2018.Cudworth, who was then solid waste supervisor for the town of Hollis, came to the select board meeting with a partial solution to tackle the rising costs of trash disposal....

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

New Hampshire’s state funding of public schools is the lowest in the nation, despite the state Constitution requiring the state government to finance an adequate education for every child.The arguments over state school funding have raged in the...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

Teachers, school superintendents and members of the public are criticizing the State Board of Education’s proposal for updating minimum standards for public schools, saying it would weaken education and reduce state funding, forcing taxpayers to...

Kylie Valluzzi

Emissions from motor vehicles are the single largest source of greenhouse emissions in New Hampshire, according to the 2024 Priority Climate Action Plan.Yet New Hampshire, unlike every other New England state, has not adopted California’s...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

Lisa Morales of Keene finally received her housing voucher after 18 months of waiting — a relatively short time compared to the sometimes years-long process others face in obtaining one. Waiting was not the main issue she encountered, however —...

By ANTHONY TONE PAYTON

Healthcare professionals, first responders and community workers are at the forefront of dealing with the opioid epidemic, facing challenges and responsibilities as they strive to save lives, provide care and address the devastating consequences of...

By ANTHONY TONE PAYTON

Jodi Newell and her husband Kory met in their senior year of high school in North Weymouth, Mass. Their families were connected and lived in the city.“Oh my God — our relationship was a saga,” Jodi said. She smiled as she recalled him picking her up...

By MICHAEL MCCORD

The weekly Carriage Town News will cease publication on Feb. 1 after more than 40 years of informing readers in six southeastern New Hampshire towns and putting them in the same boat as some 70 million other Americans who already live in what are...

By KENNETH TRAN

The Electoral College is a widely misunderstood and confusing institution for Americans. The big message is clear though: a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to become the President of the United States. New Hampshire possesses four of these...

By KELLY BURCH

In the wake of a report highly critical of proposed statewide educational reforms in the works for two years, local educators sat down for the first time this week with members of the task force overseeing the revisions.When pressed for details on the...