A report for the Joint Chiefs of Staff warns that rapidly proliferating large military drones will give enemies vastly more data and firepower.
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Sen. D’Allesandro: NH Seized Healthcare Opportunities
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OPINION: Our state made a difference for local residents.
Dems Call It ‘Disturbing’ After AG Clears Sen. Sanborn Of Job, Cash To Silence Intern Allegation
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CONCORD – Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald on Tuesday cleared state Senator and Congressional candidate Andy Sanborn of allegations that a Senate intern received a job and cash in exchange for silence about an inappropriate comment Sanborn made to the intern in 2013.
Pictures From an Interrogation: Drawings by Abu Zubaydah
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Another glimpse into the mind of Zubaydah now emerges from a series of drawings he made during his years in U.S. custody. They are by turns haunted and bizarre, ranging in subject matter from graphic depictions of his abuse to creatures drawn from some indistinct mythology.
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ACLU-NH, Fair Elections Center Challenge Controversial Voting Bill HB 1264
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As explained in the brief, HB 1264 is not ripe for judicial review because courts can only adequately review constitutional questions concerning voting laws with the benefit of a full factual record developed through adversarial litigation.
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Shea-Porter Seeks Answers To Complaint To Feds About NH’s Secure Psychiatric Unit
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Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is looking into what happened to a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice filed by state Rep. Renny Cushing and others two years ago regarding incarcerating mentally ill people who haven’t committed a crime with convicted criminals at the state prison’s Secure Psychiatric Unit.
The U.S. has spent at least $2.8 trillion on counterterrorism since 9/11
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Center for Public Integrity: The United States has spent a lot of money on counterterrorism since the 9/11 attacks. But nobody has been keeping good track of just how much, until now. The task still consumes a sixth of America’s annual discretionary spending.
Voting Bill Heads to the Supreme Court As Lawmakers Head Home At Week’s End
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You could ask how does a state budget go $100 million out of whack in a half-a-dozen months.
Lawmakers will grapple with that question this week in what are expected to be the final sessions of the 2017-18 legislature bar an adverse Supreme Court ruling on voting rights after lawmakers go home at the end of the week.
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OPINION: Silly Season In Concord Over Calling Snow Day on Local Elections
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Rep. Porter: I’m angry. The House is not following its own rules. That’s not the way things are supposed to be, but unfortunately it’s the way things really are.
Health & Mental Health
Lawmakers Offer Hope for Reform at Prison’s Secure Psychiatric Unit
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CONCORD — The fight by advocates and state Rep. Renny Cushing to stop incarcerating mentally ill people who haven’t committed a crime with convicted criminal patients at the state prison’s Secure Psychiatric Unit in Concord made some headway on Monday.