By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Friday. Today, Ethan DeWitt assesses where things stand in the legal battle over education funding in New Hampshire. In the Friday commentary, Shannon Tremblay of the New Hampshire Child Care Advisory Council offers a new way of thinking about what makes childcare “high quality.” And, from Stateline’s Robbie Sequeira, a look at how municipalities are using artificial intelligence to streamline housing permitting. Thank you for reading, and enjoy the day. — Dana
The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, led by John Formella, is challenging the state Supreme Court's two landmark school funding rulings, Claremont I and Claremont II. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Ethan DeWitt
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office entered new territory last Friday in its defense of the state’s school funding formula, arguing that two landmark school funding decisions were wrongly decided and should be overturned. Now that they are under threat, here is what Claremont I and II actually said, and how the state is arguing they are wrong.
"If we want to rethink quality in New Hampshire, stability may be one of the most important places to start." (Photo by Maya Mitchell/New Hampshire Bulletin)
COMMENTARY
By Shannon Tremblay
“For years, ‘high-quality childcare’ has been the phrase we use to describe what we want for New Hampshire’s youngest children. It appears in policy discussions, legislation, funding proposals, and conversations about the future of our early childhood system. It is a goal almost everyone can agree on. But there is a problem: We don’t always agree on what ‘high quality’ actually means.”
By Robbie Sequeira
New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals. Now, municipalities, such as Lebanon, N.H., are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money aim to help them.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Lawmakers override Ayotte vetoes on toll hikes and right to new trial, among others | Ethan DeWitt and William Skipworth
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