Seven of Gov. Ayotte's vetoes fell. Twenty-three held. Here is every vote — and the case made for and against each bill on the floor.

For the first time in roughly four decades, New Hampshire lawmakers returned to Concord in August for a veto day — a single sitting to decide the fate of Gov. Kelly Ayotte's record run of vetoes. Overriding a veto takes two-thirds of both the House and the Senate, a bar high enough to turn away even a comfortable majority.

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Democrats approve 2028 early voting plan, demoting New Hampshire

The Democratic Party officially voted at its Saturday meeting in Austin, Texas, to approve a 2028 presidential nomination early voting primary calendar, which ousts New Hampshire and Iowa from their historical top spots and leaves state officials to decide whether they will go rogue.

“The DNC has delivered a 2028 nominating calendar that truly represents our party and our values, and will help us retake the White House in 2028,” Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic Party, said in a news release after the vote.

Capping School Budget Growth (and Property Taxes) the Massachusetts Way

With the passage into law of House Bill 1300, voters this fall will have the opportunity to cap their local school district budget increases and administration spending. How would this work?

Josiah Bartlett Center President Andrew Cline wrote in NH Journal in May about the strange fact that Massachusetts has a statewide property tax cap, but New Hampshire does not. The compromise version of House Bill 1300 contains a tax cap and a limitation on school administration. The tax cap portion bears notable similarities to the one that Massachusetts adopted in 1980.

Healthy Streak: NH Earns Another No. 1 National Ranking

A new report from the data analysts at WalletHub found New Hampshire has America's best health care system. It’s the latest in a series of No. 1 rankings for the Granite State, covering everything from child well-being and taxpayer value to overall health and quality of life.

The new WalletHub analysis compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 44 measures of health care cost, access and outcomes. New Hampshire finished first overall with a score of 68.63, followed by Minnesota, Iowa, Rhode Island, and Hawaii.

‘Unfit for Service’: House Members in Both Parties Call for Read’s Removal “I am hearing rumors of her screaming at House Services staff, which is unacceptable, if true. I am hearing rumors that the House Clerk (Paul Smith) needed security to enter his own office because of Ellen Read’s unhinged and threatening behavior. This is also unacceptable, if true,” Schultz wrote.

Rice told NHJournal that Read’s erratic actions have been raising red flags for months and that her behavior continues to become increasingly entitled. Read’s traffic court defense that the New Hampshire Constitution protects her from getting speeding tickets shows how little regard Read has for other people, Rice said.

It All Begins HereIn a stunning move, all nine Supreme Court justices expressed their opposition to three key provisions in the new Title IX regulation (1). In its August 16 decision in support of the appellate court rulings to block enforcement of the new rule, the nine Justices expressed their unanimous disapproval of the new regulation’s plan to:

1. Redefine sex to include “gender identity.”

2. Allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms designated for members of the opposite sex.

3. Create a new, overly broad definition of “hostile environment harassment” (the Title IX regulation brazenly seeks to negate the Supreme Court’s definition of “sexual harassment,” as delineated in its landmark Davis v. Monroe decision (2)).