{"id":25836,"date":"2026-03-28T07:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=25836"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:17:37","slug":"march-28-2026-new-england-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=25836","title":{"rendered":"March 28, 2026 New England News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Hampshire:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Hampshire lawmakers are considering increasing the state\u2019s contribution to special education costs. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/03\/25\/new-hampshire-lawmakers-consider-increasing-state-contribution-to-special-education-costs\/\">https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/03\/25\/new-hampshire-lawmakers-consider-increasing-state-contribution-to-special-education-costs\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>As the legislative session hits its midpoint, the NH House and Senate are voting on remaining child care bills. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/03\/26\/as-legislative-session-hits-midpoint-the-nh-house-and-senate-vote-on-remaining-child-care-bills\/\">https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/03\/26\/as-legislative-session-hits-midpoint-the-nh-house-and-senate-vote-on-remaining-child-care-bills\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The GO-NORTH health care initiative cleared the Executive Council on a 3-2 vote amid conflict concerns. Source: NH Journal. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhjournal.com\/go-north-clears-executive-council-on-3-2-vote-amid-conflict-concerns\/\">https:\/\/nhjournal.com\/go-north-clears-executive-council-on-3-2-vote-amid-conflict-concerns\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Executive Councilor John Stephen\u2019s sidewalk rescue is inspiring a push for more CPR education at the State House. Source: NH Journal. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhjournal.com\/councilor-stephens-sidewalk-rescue-inspires-cpr-push-at-state-house\/\">https:\/\/nhjournal.com\/councilor-stephens-sidewalk-rescue-inspires-cpr-push-at-state-house\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maine:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The union representing designers at Bath Iron Works is preparing to strike after contract talks broke down. Source: The Maine Wire. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themainewire.com\/2026\/03\/biw-designers-union-heads-to-strike-after-contract-talks-break-down\/\">https:\/\/www.themainewire.com\/2026\/03\/biw-designers-union-heads-to-strike-after-contract-talks-break-down\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Governor Janet Mills signed exemptions to a new law banning stores with pharmacies from selling tobacco products. Source: The Maine Wire. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themainewire.com\/2026\/03\/exemptions-to-new-law-banning-stores-with-pharmacies-from-selling-tobacco-products-signed-by-gov-janet-mills\/\">https:\/\/www.themainewire.com\/2026\/03\/exemptions-to-new-law-banning-stores-with-pharmacies-from-selling-tobacco-products-signed-by-gov-janet-mills\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Houlton is set to begin a nearly $1.3 million downtown sidewalk project to improve pedestrian access and safety. Source: Bangor Daily News. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/03\/26\/aroostook\/aroostook-government\/houlton-downtown-sidewalk-project-joam40zk0w\/\">https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/03\/26\/aroostook\/aroostook-government\/houlton-downtown-sidewalk-project-joam40zk0w\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Clifton election results are in limbo after the town discovered two overlooked absentee ballots for the select board race. Source: Bangor Daily News. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/03\/26\/penobscot\/penobscot-government\/clifton-maine-select-board-election-absentee-ballots\/\">https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2026\/03\/26\/penobscot\/penobscot-government\/clifton-maine-select-board-election-absentee-ballots\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vermont:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lawmakers are taking stock of Vermont\u2019s irregular school transportation system. Source: VTDigger. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/03\/25\/lawmakers-take-stock-of-vermonts-irregular-school-transportation-system\/\">https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/03\/25\/lawmakers-take-stock-of-vermonts-irregular-school-transportation-system\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The legislature approved six judges for new terms, including a southern Vermont judge who faced heightened scrutiny. Source: VTDigger. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/03\/25\/legislature-approves-6-judges-for-new-terms-including-southern-vermont-judge-who-faced-heightened-scrutiny\/\">https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/03\/25\/legislature-approves-6-judges-for-new-terms-including-southern-vermont-judge-who-faced-heightened-scrutiny\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A homeless man in Burlington was found in a city park and died of hypothermia. Source: Vermont Public. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-03-25\/burlington-homeless-man-found-in-city-park-died-of-hypothermia\">https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-03-25\/burlington-homeless-man-found-in-city-park-died-of-hypothermia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hundreds protested Act 181 on the Statehouse steps as new land-use rules come into focus. Source: Vermont Public. Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-03-24\/hundreds-protest-act-181-on-statehouse-steps-as-new-land-use-rules-come-into-focus\">https:\/\/www.vermontpublic.org\/local-news\/2026-03-24\/hundreds-protest-act-181-on-statehouse-steps-as-new-land-use-rules-come-into-focus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hampshire: New Hampshire lawmakers are considering increasing the state\u2019s contribution to special education costs. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin. Link: https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/03\/25\/new-hampshire-lawmakers-consider-increasing-state-contribution-to-special-education-costs\/ As the legislative session hits its midpoint, the NH House and Senate are voting on remaining child care bills. Source: New Hampshire Bulletin. Link: https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2026\/03\/26\/as-legislative-session-hits-midpoint-the-nh-house-and-senate-vote-on-remaining-child-care-bills\/ The GO-NORTH health care initiative cleared the Executive Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":25837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-news"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/New-England-News-3.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25838,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836\/revisions\/25838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}