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Running For Office? Don’t Forget To File
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The filing period for the 2026 State Election is June 3 – June 12, 2026.
Former Child ‘Slave’ Wants New Boston Police Held Responsible
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Olivia Griffin, formerly Oliva Atkocaitis, is fighting to hold the New Boston Police Department responsible for their alleged repeated failures.
Senate Panel Backs Bill That Restricts Student IDs for Voting
Despite contentions that the state Department of Motor Vehicles is not doing enough to get access for those who want non-voter identification to vote, and that the bill itself could disenfranchise the rural poor among others, the House Election Law Committee voted 10-8 Tuesday to recommend Senate Bill 223 https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=591&inflect=2 which restricts student identification for voting.
NH To Get $30M Over 10 Years in Purdue Pharma Settlement
Fifty-five attorneys general, representing all eligible U.S. states and territories, signed onto the settlement. It resolves litigation against Purdue and the Sacklers for producing and aggressively marketing opioids in the United States, fueling the largest drug crisis in the country’s history.
Speaking of Words: You
English now has only one pronoun for the person we are talking to: you. It was not always so, as readers of the Bible or Shakespeare are well aware.
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AG: Tuftonboro Husband and Wife Both Died from Environmental Hypothermia
House Committee Wants To Study, Rather Than Pass Turnpike Toll Hikes
The Role of New Hampshire’s Independent Media, Join Us May 7 At Portsmouth Library
Courts & Corrections
Where’s Laureen Rahn: ’46 years of unanswered questions’
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On April 27, 1980, Laureen vanished from her home at 289 Merrimack Street in Manchester. While decades have passed, the resolve of law enforcement to find answers and bring justice to Laureen and her family remains unwavering.
Courts & Corrections
Court Ruling Blocks Access to Medication Abortion Through Mail and Telehealth
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In response to the stay, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) announced it will pivot to a different medication abortion drug protocol in its telehealth program.
Courts & Corrections
AG: Two Deaths Outside Summer Home Possible Murder/Suicide
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This morning at about 9:24 a.m., the Tuftonboro Police Department responded to a single-family summer residence in Tuftonboro. Outside of the home, they discovered the two deceased adult homeowners.
Business & Economy
Advisory Panel Hears Progress Improving the NH Human Rights Commission
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A public input meeting to address concerns about the state’s long backlog in human rights complaints was held Friday, but no one came to speak.
Business & Economy
Vail Announces a Tax-Free Option for NH Residents After Ayotte Calls for Investigation
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After Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she would have the attorney general investigate Vail Resorts over its decision to tax skiing in New Hampshire with its EPIC pass, the Colorado-based company said Friday it will provide a tax-free option to pass holders who only plan to ski at Granite State resorts this coming winter.
News
AG Probe Finds Nothing ‘Nefarious’ In Not Alerting Ayotte About ICE Contact
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Though they could not find anything “nefarious,” a state Department of Justice and
Department of Administrative Services review of how a state agency replied to a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement request for information on a now-scrubbed detention facility in Merrimack, they did find the governor was not informed.
Feature
Radio Free New Hampshire: Requiem for Aquarius
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Hampshire College in western Massachusetts is closing its doors soon. It was founded in the mid-1960’s by professional educators who wished to foster creativity and self-expression.
Arts and Entertainment
International Workers’ May Day Celebrated with Statewide Protests
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The participants’ demands are to tax the rich, no Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and no war, and to “expand democracy, not corporate power. Hands off our votes.”
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Shaheen Presses Hegseth on How Pentagon Will use $400M Congress Allotted for Ukraine
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In today’s hearing examining the President’s budget request for the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees, grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior defense officials for details about how the Pentagon plans to use $400 million that Congress has allotted for Ukraine.
Courts & Corrections
Campus Weapons Carry Bill Recommended To Study Committee By Senate Judiciary
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While Democrats said there is no need to study it, and prolonging it might lead students to go to other schools, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-2 on Thursday to recommend a campus weapons carry bill to a study committee.
Feature
May Day Rallies Call for ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Friday
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Gatherings in eleven or more New Hampshire communities will mark International Workers Day, Friday May 1, with rallies promoting the theme, “Workers over Billionaires.” Local and national organizers are calling for a day of “No work. No School. No Shopping.”
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Pauline Laughlin Would Run to Enfield Ambulance Calls
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Business & Economy
Sale of Summer Youth Camp for Girls with Almost a Mile of Frontage Being Opposed
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Lake Winnipesaukee has seen its fair share of summer youth camps converted for luxury house lots in the past two decades, but there are some local individuals and a group fighting the sale of one right now with almost a mile of undeveloped shorefront.
Courts & Corrections
Vehicle Inspection Litigation Keeps Rolling Along
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday granted the state’s motion to stay the New Hampshire District Court’s Jan. 27 preliminary injunction, which directed the Department of Safety and the Department of Environmental Services to take actions to reinstate the New Hampshire vehicle inspection program.
Courts & Corrections
Protection Order Reason To Flee Fatal Police Shooting, Dad of Dead Man Says
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Nickenley Turenne, 24, was running from police when he was killed in a police-involved shooting on Dec. 6, 2025 because he had an order of protection filed against him by his girlfriend, Nikki Murray, who was there when it happened, according to his father Enick Turenne.
News
Senate committee recommends school flag bill be killed this session
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– A Republican-backed bill which would limit the types of flags that can be flown at schools is looking like it is headed to defeat.
Courts & Corrections
Supreme Court Won’t Change Rules In Rand Education Funding Appeal
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court won’t suspend the normal rules for judicial recusals in the Rand v State of New Hampshire education funding lawsuit appeal.
Feature
Writing on the Fly: Fly Fishing 101
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When people know that you are a fly fisher you will inevitably get the call, it used to be a call but now it is a text. “I want to learn to fly fish and you were the first person I thought of calling.”