School Budget Cap Passes, but Open Enrollment Fails

Flexing influence, Ayotte helps defeat two Republican bills

Gov. Kelly Ayotte strolled into the Secretary of State’s Office Thursday morning flanked by dozens of supporters and officially filed her bid for reelection, kicking off five months of official campaigning. But the governor’s more immediate political battles Thursday were…

Ayotte Files for Second Term, With Echoes of ‘Don’t MASS Up NH’ Message

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School Budget Cap Passes, but Open Enrollment Fails

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Inside the collapse of open enrollment: Republican lawmakers say Ayotte ignored private efforts to negotiate before squashing plan

The split between Ayotte and her party’s legislative leaders on universal open enrollment played out privately and then, suddenly, very publicly.