CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire House and Senate budget negotiators combed through competing two-year spending plans Monday, but it was an anti-spending provision on abortion that caused a stir.

A conference committee is working to reconcile differences between the $11.8 billion budget passed by the Senate and an $11.9 billion proposal backed by the House Finance Committee, but ultimately rejected by the full House when a small group of conservative Republicans voted with Democrats.  | More…

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