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By ETHAN DeWITT

The New Hampshire Supreme Court granted a stay over a school funding lawsuit decision Wednesday, hitting pause on a sweeping order that would force the state to double its spending on public schools. Without comment, all five justices concurred with...

By ETHAN DEWITT 

A panel of housing experts is recommending that New Hampshire aim to build 88,000 new housing units by 2040 – echoing recent research that found that target is necessary to adequately reverse the state’s housing crisis. At its Oct. 24 meeting, the...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Michael Whaland knows New Hampshire’s teacher staffing challenges better than most: He wrote his dissertation about it. As part of his doctor of education degree at Plymouth State University in 2020, Whaland, a former teacher, spent months studying...

By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR

Cheshire County is launching the first county-level community power program in the state, the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire announced Tuesday.The county’s membership will help towns within Cheshire County adopt community power more...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire lawmakers are attempting a new way to increase housing in the state: expanding accessory dwelling units.The House Special Committee on Housing is rallying behind a bill that would require cities and towns to allow owners of single-family...

By AMANDA PIRANI

When Kris Schultz and her husband finally decided to replace their 20-year old car, they opted to go green. In searching for a used vehicle that was both UAW-made and electric, one car fit the bill: a 2017 Ford Fusion.“I was very excited because the...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Like those before her, the woman came to the Cross Roads House homeless shelter in Portsmouth in crisis. She’d lost her car, which she’d been living in for four years, in a fire. She’d also recently lost her son. Unlike most at the shelter, the woman...

By CASEY QUINLAN 

Home prices are cooling off and mortgage rates fell last week, but the fallout from recent bank closures could continue to make it hard for some Americans to buy homes, economists say. Mortgage rates fell to 6.32 percent for a 30-year fixed rate...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Republican and Democratic budget writers in the House are moving to reject nearly all of the controversial and sweeping professional licensing changes Gov. Chris Sununu is seeking. This includes maintaining 31 of the 34 licenses he wants to eliminate,...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Persuasive research papers are a yearly assignment in David Scannell’s English classes, and grading them is part of the job. But last school year, the Milford High School teacher faced a new challenge.The New Hampshire Legislature had passed a law in...

By AMANDA GOKEE

The Mink Hills in Warner have returned to forest, where hemlock, oak, and beech trees now make their home, replacing the early settlers who clear-cut this land to make way for sheep pastures.John Bassi is working to make sure these residents – the...

By ETHAN DEWITT

House Speaker Sherman Packard will launch special legislative committees on housing and child care, bringing new focus to two persistent issues for the state.The special committees will join the House’s 24 existing standing committees and will take...