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Marking Juneteenth in N.H. after lawmakers voted against making it a state holiday

After Senate Bill 481 was defeated in May, a legislative committee concluded an annual proclamation marking Juneteenth as an observance, rather than a full-fledged holiday, would be “the proper position for New Hampshire” to take. Here’s how people are observing the day.

Latest NH Education Headlines

Man convicted for role in 2001 stabbing deaths of Dartmouth College professors released from prison

James Parker was 16 when he was convicted in the 2001 deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop in Hanover, N.H. He was granted parole in April.

Federal judge strikes down New Hampshire ‘banned concepts’ law

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down New Hampshire’s so-called “banned concepts” law after determining it was unconstitutionally vague.

N.H. beekeepers battle Varroa destructor mite to keep bees healthy

Bees in New Hampshire are facing threats from the Varroa destructor mite, which can transfer multiple disease to an insect host.

POLITICS
N.H. House narrowly passes funding for children’s summer food assistance
“We can connect these children to the nutrition that they need when school is not in session,” said Representative Dan Wolf, a Newbury Republican.

EDUCATION
Why this nonprofit is using power tools to empower girls
Girls at Work is using hands-on learning and the socratic method to give girls confidence and help them get jobs in the trades.

Dartmouth’s president is censured by faculty over protest actions
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth College voted Monday to censure university President Sian Leah Beilock over her decision to summon the police to remove a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, calling her action harmful to the community and disruptive to the university’s educational mission.

NH Education
Bill to bar transgender girls from girls’ school sports now in N.H. governor’s court
The proposal passed in a party-line vote shortly after one GOP senator collapsed inside the chamber and was taken to the hospital.

More New Hampshire Education Headlines

LEHIGH, VENNOCHI, AND HAJJAR

Was N.H. the end of the road for Nikki Haley?

Three columnists weigh in on whether Haley should continue the fight.

ADRIAN WALKER

New Hampshire is poised to tell us what we already knew — the GOP isn’t a party, it’s a cult

If the New Hampshire primary was supposed to be democracy’s last stand, it has hardly played out that way.

SCOT LEHIGH

When it comes to Trump and Biden, Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips test the politics of cognitive decline

If the New Hampshire of today still bears a strong resemblance to the independent-minded Granite State of old, expect a primary result that jump-starts the intra-party process.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Haley hopes to pull off a McCain-like upset in N.H. Here, by the numbers, is why it’s not happening.

Nearly 24 years ago, a town hall in Peterborough was the sign that then-Senator John McCain’s momentum was building.

David Shribman

Searching for the N.H. primary and coming up empty

Where were the candidates? Scarcer than an empty chairlift at Loon Mountain on a sunshine morning during President’s Day weekend. It’s enough to make someone actually miss Vivek Ramaswamy.

CARINE HAJJAR

Fanatics or just fans? Inside a New Hampshire Trump rally.

Part rock concert, part mega-church service, part UFC match, Donald Trump’s latest rally in New Hampshire vividly displayed the devotion of his supporters.

EDITORIAL

If you can, pick a GOP ballot in New Hampshire — and use it to stop Donald Trump

Independents can vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. On Tuesday, they should help anti-Trump Republicans defeat the former president as he seeks the nomination again.

CARINE HAJJAR

Who’s a RINO? (Hint: Not Nikki Haley.)

Haley is getting hammered by Donald Trump for being a “Republican in name only.” But she may be the most conservative candidate in the race.